(8743) Keneke Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Kèneke is Flemish for “small child”, and it is only from her photographs that the discoverer knows and remembers his elder sister, Virginia Margaretha Anna Elst (1930-1935), who died from meningitis before he was born.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keneke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keneke is 4.46 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8743 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 EH12 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 46.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.69 |
| Orbital period | 7.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.32 – 4.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 16.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 March 1998
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- (11681) Ortner
- (12059) du Chatelet
- (15969) Charlesgreen
- (17770) Baume
- (17771) Elsheimer
- (18643) van Rysselberghe
- (19400) Emileclaus
- (20246) Frappa
- (20249) Bincheng
- (20250) Burdanov
- (20251) Carminegiordano
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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