(34753) Zdenekmatyas Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2001 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P. at Ondrejov.

Zdeněk Matyáš (1914-1956), Czech theoretical physicist, one of the founders of Czechoslovak solid state physics, inspired by his stay with Neville Mott at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, in the late 1940s. He worked in the field of semiconductors and is the author of the first Czech monograph on this subject.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zdenekmatyas is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zdenekmatyas is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34753
Provisional designation2001 QU110
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.54
Orbital period3.23 years
Semi-major axis2.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.45 au
Eccentricity0.120
Inclination4.82°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.912 au

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

Also discovered on 24 August 2001

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