(9339) Kimnovak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Kim Novak (b. 1933) is a screen actress much admired for her work, together with William Holden, in Picnic, a movie from the 1950s based on a Pulitzer prize-winning novel.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimnovak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimnovak is 3.21 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9339 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GT5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.79 km (#5,228 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Rotation period | 12.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 0.880° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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