(97646) Karifigueroa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Kari Figueroa (b. 1986) is a long-time senior accountant at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Department of Planetary Sciences. She has accepted a wide range of duties and provided crucial support for numerous planetary scientists, staff, students and spacecraft missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karifigueroa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karifigueroa is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 97646 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EK198 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.51 km (#6,146 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.04 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0316 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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