Asteroid 1065 Amundsenia
Taken by Odd Trondal on February 21, 2026 @ Norway
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1065 Amundsenia is an S-type asteroid in the main belt. It is named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and has a diameter of about 30 km. Discovered by Sergei Belyavsky August 4, 1926 from the Simeiz Observatory

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1065_Amundsenia

Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky (December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) – October 13, 1953) was a Russian astronomer and a discoverer of 36 asteroids.He discovered the bright naked-eye comet C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Belyavsky

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen

Some nearby stars reveal themselves by their proper motion over a period of time from approximately 1955 to the present day.

Sun distance (au): 3,04 Mag. 16,8

Time: 20:22UT 2026-02-21 Exp. 48 x 30sec.
Tel. 0.254m f/5.8 ST-10XME CCD @ -25°C 1.9"/pix
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway.

Software used: TheSky6,CCDSoft 5, MSB Astroart 2.0 8.0, Paint
Photographer's website:
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