(365190) Kenting Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 March 2009 by Y.-S. Tsai at Lulin.

Kenting National Park, Taiwan, has hosted the annual Hengchun Star Party since 2013. About 2000 people attend each year.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kenting is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenting is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number365190
Provisional designation2009 FC30
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.87
Orbital period3.71 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.143
Inclination2.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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