(154493) Portic

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Asteroid
(154493) Portic
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5671  AU
eccentricity 0.0856
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3473 AU - 2.7869 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.9466 °
Length of the ascending node 20.0624 °
Argument of the periapsis 212.2408 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 21, 2015
Sidereal period 4.11 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.2 mag
history
Explorer Krisztián Sárneczky
Date of discovery March 27, 2003
Another name 2003 FU 6
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(154493) Portisch is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on March 27, 2003 by the Hungarian amateur astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at the Piszkéstető Observatory ( IAU code 561) in the northern Hungarian Mátra Mountains on behalf of the Budapest Konkoly Observatory .

The asteroid was named after the Hungarian chess master Lajos Portisch . It was named on the proposal of the astronomer Szilárd Csizmadia from the Vega Astronomical Society from Zalaegerszeg on February 22nd, 2016. Zalaegerszeg is Lajos Portisch's birthplace.

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