(59470) Paveltoufar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1999 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Pavel Toufar (1948-2018) was a Czech journalist and writer. He was known for his popular, yet precise, articles, books and interviews about astronautics based on primary sources as well as on his personal experiences (e.g., with isolation experiments).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paveltoufar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paveltoufar is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 59470 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 HM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.44 km (#16,365 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0190 |
| Inclination | 3.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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