(209107) Safranek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 2003 by KLENOT at Klet.
Czech experimental physicist Jaroslav Šafránek (1890-1957) designed, demonstrated (1935) and published (1936) a system for the transmission of images by low-line mechanical television. The system failed to find practical application in Czechoslovakia at that time. Later he worked in medical physics.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Safranek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Safranek is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 209107 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 SF119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0393 |
| Inclination | 8.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.