(9015) Coe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1985 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
Malcolm Coe (b. 1949) is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Southampton in the U.K. For four decades his research has centered on Be X-ray binaries in the Milky Way and Magellanic Cloud galaxies, both in X-ray and optical/infrared wavelengths. But his true passion in life is Southampton Football Club.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Coe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Coe is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9015 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 VK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.5 km (#2,780 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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