(11672) Cuney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1998 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Husband and wife team Bruce (b. 1947) and Dana (b. 1950) Cuney work at Palomar and were responsible for the remodeling of the old 1.2-m Schmidt dome interior. The name was suggested by R. Thicksten.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cuney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cuney is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11672 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BC15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.68 km (#9,432 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 6.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.880 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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