107052 Aquincum
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107052 Aquincum is a main-belt
minor planet
. It was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky
and László Kiss at the Piszkéstető Station
in the Mátra
mountains of Hungary on January 1, 2001. It is named after the Roman garrison of Aquincum
, now in Óbuda
, Hungary.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
. It was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky
Krisztián Sárneczky
Krisztián Sárneczky is a Hungarian amateur astronomer, asteroid hunter and secretary of the Hungarian Astronomical Association and member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers , leader of the Comet Section of the "HAA", and is a contributor in the editorial work of Hungarian...
and László Kiss at the Piszkéstető Station
Piszkésteto Station
The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an observatory in Mátra Mountains, Hungary, first built in 1958. The station is a station of Konkoly Observatory, Budapest. It has IAU codes 461 and 561...
in the Mátra
Mátra
Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....
mountains of Hungary on January 1, 2001. It is named after the Roman garrison of Aquincum
Aquincum
The ancient city of Aquincum was situated on the North-Eastern borders of the Pannonia province within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found today in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary...
, now in Óbuda
Óbuda
Óbuda was a historical city in Hungary. United with Buda and Pest in 1873 it now forms part of District III-Óbuda-Békásmegyer of Budapest. The name means Old Buda in Hungarian...
, Hungary.