(63305) Bobkepple Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 2001 by D. Healy at Junk Bond.
Bob Kepple is the originator of the popular “Astro Cards” observing aids, and, with Glen Sanner, is co-author of The Night Sky Observer's Guide, highly esteemed by deep-sky observers.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobkepple is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobkepple is 2.87 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 63305 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FE |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.22 km (#8,618 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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