(64974) Savaria Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 2002 by Sarneczky, K., Heiner, Z. at Piszkesteto.
Savaria was the Roman name of the Hungarian town Szombathely, the administrative center of Vas county, located near the border with Austria. This naming also honors István Jankovics, director of the Gothard Astrophysical Observatory in Szombathely and discoverer of the supernovae 1968J, 1968S and 1969C.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Savaria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Savaria is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 64974 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AF11 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.37 km (#7,239 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 2.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 January 2002
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