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37432 Piszkéstető

Main-belt asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	37432 Piszkéstető
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discovered	11 January 2002
discoverer	K. Sárneczky
Z. Heiner
discovery_site	Piszkéstető Stn.
mpc_name	(37432) Piszkéstető
alt_names
named_after	Piszkéstető Station
(discovering observatory)
mp_category	main-belt(inner)
Erigone
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	22.18 yr (8,103 days)
aphelion	2.7820 AU
perihelion	1.9795 AU
semimajor	2.3808 AU
eccentricity	0.1685
period	3.67 yr (1,342 days)
mean_anomaly	68.396°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	5.4643°
asc_node	155.32°
arg_peri	352.84°
dimensions
km (generic at 0.05)
albedo
abs_magnitude	15.6

Z. Heiner (discovering observatory) Erigone km (generic at 0.05)

37432 Piszkéstető (provisional designation ****) is an Erigonian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.6 km in diameter. It was discovered on 11 January 2002, by the Hungarian astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner at the Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station northeast of Budapest, Hungary. The asteroid was later named for the discovering observatory.

Orbit and classification

Piszkéstető is a member of the Erigone family of asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,342 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.

The body's observation arc begins 7 years prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken by the Steward Observatory's Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak in March 1995.

Naming

This minor planet was named in honour of the discovering observatory, the Piszkéstető Station, located in the Mátra Mountains at 944 m above sea level, about 80 kilometers northeast of Hungary's capital. The station belongs to the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 May 2004 (M.P.C. 51981).

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Piszkéstető measures 4.6 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a low albedo of 0.051, which is typical for C-type asteroids. The results agree with a generic absolute magnitude-to-diameter conversion for an assumed albedo of 0.05 and an absolute magnitude of 15.6.

Lightcurves

As of 2018, the asteroid's composition, shape and rotation period remain unknown.

References

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