(254876) Strommer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2005 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
Gyula Strommer (1920-1995) was a Hungarian mechanical engineer and mathematician, and a full professor of the Budapest University of Technology, where he taught for 53 years. He studied Lobachevsky-Bolyai-Gauss geometry, and he was the discoverer of the minor planet (1537) Transylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Strommer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Strommer is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 254876 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 ST19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 8.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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