(25384) Partizanske Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 October 1999 by P. Kusnirak at Ondrejov.

Partizánske, a town in western Slovakia at the confluence of Nitra and Nitrica rivers, was known as the village of Symoni from 1260 and as the town of Baťovany since 1938, when Ján Baťa built a shoe factory there. Since 1949 it has been called Partizánske. A public observatory was opened there in 1988.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Partizanske is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Partizanske is 3.43 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25384
Provisional designation1999 UW1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)13.72
Orbital period5.62 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.89 – 3.43 au
Eccentricity0.0850
Inclination11.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.90 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 18 October 1999

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