(3636) Pajdusakova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1982 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Named in memory of Ľudmila Pajdušáková (1916–1979), the first Slovak woman astronomer, a specialist in solar astronomy and recognized as the discoverer of five comets. Some time wife of the discoverer, she was the third director of the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and Astronomical Institute in Tatranská Lomnica.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pajdusakova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pajdusakova is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3636 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.05 km (#12,605 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.356 |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 4.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.898 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 October 1982
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- (2199) Klet
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- (2552) Remek
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- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
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