(171118) Szigetkoz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 2005 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
Szigetköz is an beautiful island plain in western Hungary, part of the Little Hungarian Plain. The name literally means ‘island alley’, because the territory is located on an island. The plain's borders are the Danube and its branches. The plain has a length of 52.5 km, an average width of 6--8 km, and an area of 375 km2.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Szigetkoz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Szigetkoz is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 171118 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 2.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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