(121133) Kenflurchick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 May 1999 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.
Ken Flurchick (1951–2018) enjoyed a successful career at North Carolina A&T in the field of supercomputers. He published extensively in the fields of computational physics, astronomy, chemistry, and engineering, and also taught a wide variety of courses in these areas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #4, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kenflurchick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenflurchick is 2.82 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121133 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JN14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,730 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.141 |
| Rotation period | 75.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.218 |
| Inclination | 9.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.875 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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