(543914) Tessedik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 2012 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti at Piszkesteto.
Sámuel Tessedik (1742–1820) was a Slovak Lutheran pastor, school founder, teacher and economic writer. He was a rural developer and a distributor of acacia and alfalfa in Hungary. Both his theoretical and practical pedagogical work served to introduce the pedagogical ideas of the Enlightenment.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tessedik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tessedik is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 543914 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 QW291 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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