(23030) Jimkennedy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
James R. Kennedy (b. 1941) performed radio astronomy research at Arecibo and the University of Florida, then became the project manager of the GONG Project at the National Solar Observatory and associate director of the Gemini Observatory for Operations.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jimkennedy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jimkennedy is 3.20 au from the Sun and 4.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23030 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XR7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.9 km (#2,222 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 5.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 16.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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