(253412) Raskaylea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 2003 by Sarneczky, K., Sipocz, B. at Piszkesteto.
Lea Ráskay was a Hungarian nun and scholar of the 16th century. She was a member of the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island, Budapest. She was highly learned and well read, and is famous for copying and translating several Hungarian codices that, without her work, would not have survived.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raskaylea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raskaylea is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 253412 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 QU29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.45 km (#17,359 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 4.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.886 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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