(37432) Piszkesteto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 2002 by Sarneczky, K., Heiner, Z. at Piszkesteto.
Piszkéstető is a 944-meter-high peak in Hungary, on the Mátra Mountain. The Konkoly Observatory's mountain station was built here in the 1960s and 1970s. There are three telescopes: a 0.50-m Cassegrain reflector, a 60/90-cm Schmidt and a 1.02-m Ritchey-Chretien coudé telescope.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Piszkesteto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Piszkesteto is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37432 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AE11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.64 km (#11,358 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 5.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.997 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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