(127517) Kaikepan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Kaike Pan (b. 1965) is a Chinese-American astronomer and a significant contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.Naming citation (20110517/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaikepan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaikepan is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 127517 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TJ371 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.78 km (#7,903 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.96 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0727 |
| Inclination | 14.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 October 2002
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- (90022) Apache Point
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- (113952) Schramm
- (133009) Watters
- (135979) Allam
- (135980) Scottanderson
- (142562) Graetz
- (142758) Connolly
- (142759) Covey
- (142760) Csabai
- (163624) Moorthy