(464745) Peterrozsa Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 September 2003 by B. Sipőcz K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.

Rózsa Péter (1905–1977) was a Hungarian mathematician, high school teacher, science communicator, full professor of the Eötvös Loránd University, and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is best known as the “founding mother” of recursion theory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #13, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Peterrozsa is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterrozsa is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number464745
Provisional designation2003 RQ7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.12
Orbital period4.60 years
Semi-major axis2.77 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 3.50 au
Eccentricity0.264
Inclination9.42°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

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