(117610) Keithmahoney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Keith Mahoney (b. 1970) was the flight system Guidance, Navigation, and Control LIDAR engineer at Lockheed Martin for the OSIRIS-REx Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-03-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keithmahoney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keithmahoney is 3.50 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117610 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 ES91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 1.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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