(544309) Reuss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 2014 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti at Piszkesteto.
Gustáv Reuss (1818–1861) was a well-known Slovak physician, writer and polymath. He published works in the fields of medicine, botany, archaeology, ethnography and astronomy. He is known as Slovakia's father of sci-fi literature due to his novel Hviezdoveda, where he wrote about Moon travel a few years before Jules Verne.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #6, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Reuss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reuss is 3.59 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 544309 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 UM62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.28 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 3.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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