(93256) Stach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 2000 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P. at Ondrejov.
Daniel Stach (b. 1988) is a Czech journalist covering science. In the last five years he has moderated a TV show where he interviewed 15 Nobel Prize laureates and many other leading world scientists. He has been awarded the Vojtěch Náprstek Medal for achievements in popularizing science from the Czech Academy of Sciences.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stach is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 93256 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SD163 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| 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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