23718 Horgos

Horgoš
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky and László Kiss
Discovery site Piszkéstető Station
Discovery date April 2, 1998
Designations
MPC designation 23718
1998 GO10
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.0506661
Perihelion 2.0832401
Eccentricity 0.1884386
1502.1916350
102.81660°
Inclination 1.43547°
325.16011°
317.25499
Physical characteristics
14.7

    23718 Horgos (provisional designation: 1998 G010) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1998 by Krisztián Sárneczky and László Kiss (astronomer) at Piszkéstető.[1][2] Horgoš is a small town in northern Serbia, near the Hungarian border. The second discoverer László Kiss grew up there.

    References

    1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planets Name. Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 872. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.

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