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90376 Kossuth
Discovery[1]
Discovered byKrisztián Sárneczky and Szabolcs Mészáros
Discovery sitePiszkéstető Station, Hungary
Discovery dateNovember 5, 2003
Orbital characteristics[2]
Aphelion3.2005
Perihelion2.9402
3.0704
Eccentricity0.0424
5.3801 years (1965.09 days)
222.302
Proper orbital elements
0.1832 deg / yr
1965.0655 yr
(717740.175 d)
Precession of perihelion
322.748 arcsec / yr
Precession of the ascending node
37.1868 arcsec / yr
Physical characteristics
Dimensionsless than 1km
15.2

90376 Kossuth formerly designated as (90376) 2003 VL is a main-belt asteroid named for Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (1802-1894)[1]. It was discovered on November 5, 2003 by Krisztián Sárneczky and Szabolcs Mészáros at Piszkéstető Station in the Mátra region of Hungary[1]. 90376 Kossuth has a diameter of less than 1 km, has an absolute magnitude of 15.2, and an orbital period lasting 5.38 years[2].

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