(635771) Prahacsmargit Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 October 2012 by A. Király K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.

Margit Prahács (1893–1974) was a Hungarian aesthete and critic. She was the first Hungarian professional female music historian and head of the library of the Academy of Music. Margit was the first woman to become a habilitated professor and her research on Franz Liszt is still cited today.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #15, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Prahacsmargit is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prahacsmargit is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number635771
Provisional designation2014 DM129
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.3
Orbital period4.19 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 3.15 au
Eccentricity0.214
Inclination6.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.05 au

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

Also named after someone called Margit

Also discovered on 23 October 2012

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