(1989) Tatry Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1955 by Paroubek, A., Podstanicka, R. at Skalnate Pleso.

Named for Vysoke Tatry, the High Tatras, the highest mountain range in Czechoslovakia. The Skalnate Pleso Observatory is located in this range.Naming citation (MPC 5183), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tatry is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tatry is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number1989
Provisional designation1955 FG
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.60 km (#5,346 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.192
Rotation period131 hours
Spectral typeC
Absolute magnitude (H)12.57
Orbital period3.61 years
Semi-major axis2.35 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 2.53 au
Eccentricity0.0758
Inclination7.77°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.21 au

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

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