(37432) Piszkéstető

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Asteroid
(37432) Piszkéstető
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Martes family
Major semi-axis 2.3810  AU
eccentricity 0.1681
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9808 AU - 2.7812 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.4648 °
Length of the ascending node 155.3328 °
Argument of the periapsis 352.7733 °
Sidereal period 3.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.31 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.6 mag
history
Explorer Krisztián Sárneczky
Zsuzsanna Heiner
Date of discovery January 11, 2002
Another name 2002 AE 11 , 2000 SE 362
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(37432) Piszkéstető is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on January 11, 2002 by the Hungarian amateur astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky and the Hungarian astronomer Zsuzsanna Heiner at the Piszkéstetői Obszervatórium ( IAU code 461), a northern Hungarian observatory of the Kontrakoly Mountains , was discovered on behalf of the University of Science Szeged .

The asteroid is a member of the Martes family , a group of asteroids named after (5026) Martes . The Martes family is a subfamily of the Erigone family named after (163) Erigone .

(37432) Piszkéstető was named on May 4, 2004 after the 944 m high Piszkéstető , a mountain in northern Hungary, which on its summit houses the observatory of the same name.

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