(344641) Szeleczky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 August 2003 by Sarneczky, K., Sipocz, B. at Piszkesteto.

Hungarian stage and film actress Zita Szeleczky (1915-1999) played the leading lady in 26 films between 1936 and 1944. She later emigrated to Argentina, then to the U.S. She also released a number of records, and her activities as a performing artist broadened into a cultural mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Szeleczky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Szeleczky is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number344641
Provisional designation2003 QV29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.27
Orbital period4.21 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.27 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity0.131
Inclination4.03°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.26 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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