(154493) Portisch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2003 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
Lajos Portisch (b. 1937) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, who played in twenty Chess Olympiad and won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals with the Hungarian national team. He is a nine-time national champion, and Sportperson of the Nation in 2004. Name suggested by Sz. Csizmadia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Portisch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Portisch is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 154493 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FU6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0869 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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