(54391) Adammckay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Adam McKay (b. 1986) is a postdoctoral fellow at the American University and NASA-GSFC (USA) who studies the volatile composition of comets through high-resolution spectroscopy at optical and IR wavelengths.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adammckay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adammckay is 3.17 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 54391 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KO67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,738 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 8.22 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 18.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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