(154660) Kavelaars Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2004 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.
John J. Kavelaars (b. 1966) is an associate research officer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics of the National Research Council of Canada and a co-discoverer of several dozen irregular satellites of the outer planets.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kavelaars is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kavelaars is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 154660 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 FX29 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.28 |
| Orbital period | 2.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 2.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 22.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.798 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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