(180824) Kabos

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Asteroid
(180824) Kabos
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2161  AU
eccentricity 0.1291
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9229 AU - 2.5023 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.2396 °
Length of the ascending node 176.6679 °
Argument of the periapsis 124.8507 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 20th January 2016
Sidereal period 3.30 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 17.4 likes
history
Explorer Krisztián Sárneczky
Date of discovery April 2, 2005
Another name 2005 GU 8 , 2006 SH 160
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(180824) Kabos is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on April 2, 2005 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 . Despite its weak absolute brightness of 20 to 20.5 mag, it could be observed again on the four following nights at the Piszkéstetői Obszervatórium.

The asteroid was named on December 28, 2012 after the Hungarian film comedian of the 1930s Gyula Kabos (1887–1941).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gárdonyi, Márai és Kabos Gyula is az égre keräne . Article by Krisztián Sárneczky from January 28, 2013 on csillagaszat.hu (Hungarian)