(142759) Covey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Kevin Covey (b. 1977) is an American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Kevin studies the formation and evolution of low-mass stars, and is best known for using SDSS and 2MASS data to characterize the typical colors and mass function of Galactic stars.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Covey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Covey is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 142759 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TQ358 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 0.489° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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