(336694) Fey Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 January 2010 by WISE at WISE.

Elizabeth Stamatina (Tina) Fey (b. 1970) is an American actor, writer, producer, and comedian. She began her career with The Second City comedy troupe, then became the head writer for Saturday Night Live, for which she has won numerous awards.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fey is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fey is 3.37 au from the Sun and 4.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number336694
Provisional designation2010 AH89
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.41 km (#11,824 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0510
Absolute magnitude (H)15.8
Orbital period5.66 years
Semi-major axis3.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.97 – 3.38 au
Eccentricity0.0653
Inclination8.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.96 au

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

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