(46442) Keithtritton Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 June 2002 by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R. at Fountain Hills.
Keith Tritton (b. 1944) optically identified and monitored radio galaxies and quasars while he was an observational astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1967 to 1997. The discoverers recently found his lost short-period comet D/1978 C2, now numbered 157P.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keithtritton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keithtritton is 3.35 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46442 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 LK35 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.3 km (#3,298 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 15.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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