(97631) Kentrobinson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by L. H. Wasserman at Anderson Mesa.
Ernest Kent Robinson (b. 1939), Advisory Board member at Lowell Observatory, enthusiastically spearheaded the capital campaign for a collection center and library to protect, preserve and make available the historic archives of that institution.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-05-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kentrobinson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kentrobinson is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 97631 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ED144 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.08 km (#7,549 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 0.920 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.97 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0483 |
| Inclination | 9.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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