(65541) Kasbek Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
This minor planet at the Hecuba Gap is named for the 5050-m-high inactive volcano Kasbek in the Georgian Caucasus, near the Russian border. Name suggested by J. Schubart.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kasbek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kasbek is 3.94 au from the Sun and 4.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65541 |
| Provisional designation | 9593 P-L |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,908 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 4.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.342 |
| Inclination | 6.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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