(547345) Kennethchambers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 2015 by Pan-STARRS 2 at Haleakala.
Kenneth C. Chambers (b. 1956) is an American astronomer who began his career at the Johns Hopkins University. After a postdoc at Leiden University he joined the faculty of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi. There he became the founding Director of the Pan-STARRS Observatory, where he focused his efforts on the Pan-STARRS surveys.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kennethchambers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kennethchambers is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 547345 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 LA153 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 21.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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