(10039) Keet Seel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 June 1984 by B. A. Skiff at Anderson Mesa.
Keet Seel is a well-preserved prehistoric cliff-dwelling, occupied by ancestors of the modern Hopi people. The site is in what is now the Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona, and the name is apparently from a Navajo phrase meaning “houses that have been left behind”. The name was suggested by M. T. Gibson.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keet Seel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keet Seel is 4.29 au from the Sun and 4.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10039 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 LK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.3 km (#4,406 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.115 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 4.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.379 |
| Inclination | 6.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.