Discovered by A. Mrkos MPC designation 3137 Horky (1982 SM1) Discovered 16 September 1982 Discoverer Antonín Mrkos Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 16 September 1982 Minor planet category main-belt Orbits Sun Discovery site Kleť Observatory Spectral type C-type asteroid (SMASSII) | |
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Named after Hill in the Horky District Alternative names 1982 SM1; 1971 UC2
1976 AC People also search for 3239 Meizhou, 3185 Clintford | ||
3137 Horky, provisionally known as (1982 SM1), is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1982 by Antonín Mrkos at the Czech Kleť Observatory. The asteroid will make close approaches to larger, more well-known asteroids. Its closest will be 1,440,000 km (0.0096 AU) from 15 Eunomia on May 1, 2019. It will also pass 29 Amphitrite this century, and in the 22nd century, it will pass 7 Iris and 10 Hygiea.
The asteroid is named after the Czech location (hill) where Antonín Mrkos installed his first telescope in 1939.
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