(46083) Aaronkingery Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Aaron Kingery (b. 1987) is an astronomer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. He develops meteor observation hardware and meteor analysis software for NASA’s meteor programs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aaronkingery is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aaronkingery is 3.27 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46083 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 ED10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.95 km (#6,632 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.276 |
| Inclination | 9.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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