(115434) Kellyfast Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 2003 by V. Reddy at Goodricke-Pigott.
Kelly E. Fast (b. 1968) is a program scientist for the MAVEN spacecraft at NASA. She has measured planetary atmospheric compositions and winds, most notably the ozone abundance on Mars, using the HIPWAC instrument at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. She is a gifted singer, as featured in “Hotel Mauna Kea”’.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #9, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellyfast is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellyfast is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 115434 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 TU2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.90 km (#15,459 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.111 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0797 |
| Inclination | 5.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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