(20453) Kimberleylim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kimberley Lim (b. 1990, née Birkett) is a British scientist and engineer. For her Ph.D. at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, she furthered the understanding of comets’ neutral sodium tails through image analysis and simulation studies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimberleylim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimberleylim is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20453 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KL6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,906 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.378 |
| Rotation period | 3.91 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.69 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.287 |
| Inclination | 21.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.825 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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