(68114) Deákferenc

Asteroid (68114) Deákferenc
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.3610 AU
eccentricity	0.2483
Perihelion - aphelion	1.7747 AU - 2.9473 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.5966 °
Length of the ascending node	286.19354 °
Argument of the periapsis	45.0959 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	1st February 2018
Sidereal period	3.63 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	4.255 (± 1.120) km
Albedo	0.031 (± 0.016)
Absolute brightness	15.6 mag
history
Explorer	Krisztián Sárneczky László Kiss
Date of discovery	January 1, 2001
Another name	2001 AC , 1999 LA ₂₃
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(68114) Deákferenc is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on January 1, 2001 by the Hungarian amateur astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky and the Hungarian astronomer László Kiss at the Piszkéstető observatory ( IAU code 561) in the northern Hungarian Mátra Mountains on behalf of the Budapest Konkoly Observatory was discovered. The asteroid had already been sighted on June 9 and 15, 1999 under the provisional designation 1999 LA ₂₃ at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico as part of the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project.

With an albedo of 0.031 (± 0.016), the asteroid has a very dark surface.

(68114) Deákferenc was named on May 14, 2014 after the Hungarian politician Ferenc Deák (1803–1876), who initiated the 1867 settlement between Hungary and Austria .

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