(9461) Cotingkeh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lyron Co Ting Keh (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attended the Crescenta Valley High School, La Crescenta, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cotingkeh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cotingkeh is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9461 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HV33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.49 km (#11,646 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.264 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0416 |
| Inclination | 1.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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