(526460) Ceciliakoocen Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 August 2006 by Q.-z. Ye H.-C. Lin at Lulin.

The Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center was established in 2007 and hosts the richest living plant collection in the world with more than 33 000 taxa. It has provided materials freely for global academic researchers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ceciliakoocen is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ceciliakoocen is 4.32 au from the Sun and 5.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number526460
Provisional designation2006 QY89
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.55
Orbital period5.63 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 4.32 au
Eccentricity0.365
Inclination22.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.13 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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