(70936) Kamen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1999 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M. at Klet.
Kámen is an originally Gothic castle in southern Bohemia near the town of Pacov, first mentioned in the fourteenth century. In the nineteenth century the castle was reconstructed in the English Romantic Gothic style. There is a motorcycle museum there now.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kamen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamen is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 70936 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 WK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.94 km (#7,728 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0904 |
| Inclination | 5.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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