(497593) Kejimkujik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 2006 by P. A. Wiegert at Mauna Kea.
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site is an area of natural beauty and historical significance in Nova Scotia, Canada. The indigenous Mi'kmaq people consider Kejimkujik to be a sacred ancestral place. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada declared Kejimkujik to be a Dark Sky Preserve in 2010.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kejimkujik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kejimkujik is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 497593 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 JU69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0320 |
| Inclination | 4.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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