(234294) Pappsandor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 2000 by Sarneczky, K., Kiss, L. at Piszkesteto.
Sándor Papp (b. 1949) is a Hungarian amateur astronomer, who has made more than 100,000 visual brightness estimation of variable stars. He is also interested in double stars and deep-sky observing.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-03-23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pappsandor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pappsandor is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 234294 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YD32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sandor
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Also discovered on 31 December 2000
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