(60609) Kerryprice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Kerry Price (b. 1939) is an accomplished jazz singer who has performed with numerous dixieland jazz bands in southern Michigan over the last 50 years. She is also the music director for a church in suburban Detroit, Michigan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kerryprice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kerryprice is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 60609 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EA175 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0557 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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