(7454) Kevinrighter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Kevin Righter (b. 1965) is curator of Antarctic meteorites at NASA's Johnson Space Center. His research focuses on the chemical processes occurring during early planetary differentiation.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kevinrighter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kevinrighter is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7454 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EW20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,190 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Rotation period | 4.01 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 0.891° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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