82071 Debrecen
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82071 Debrecen 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 December 31, 2000. It is named after Debrecen
, the second-largest city of 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 December 31, 2000. It is named after Debrecen
Debrecen
Debrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
, the second-largest city of Hungary.