(231278) Kárpáti

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Asteroid
(231278) Kárpáti
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.7067  AU
eccentricity 0.1715
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2426 AU - 3.1708 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.6583 °
Length of the ascending node 324.7269 °
Argument of the periapsis 104.9462 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 14, 2018
Sidereal period 4.45 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.7 mag
history
Explorer Krisztián Sárneczky
Date of discovery January 25, 2006
Another name 2006 BY 26
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.

(231278) Kárpáti is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on January 25, 2006 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 belongs to the Eunomia family, a group named after (15) Eunomia , to which probably five percent of the asteroids in the main belt belong. The timeless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (231278) Kárpáti are almost identical to those of three other asteroids: (19188) Dittebesard , 2012 SM 5 and 2013 YJ 68 .

The asteroid was named on January 16, 2014 after the Hungarian saber fencer Rudolf Kárpáti (1920–1999). Kárpáti was a six-time Olympic champion and a seven-time world champion .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)