(72432) Kimrobinson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 February 2001 by D. P. Pray at Carbuncle Hill.
The novels of science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson (b. 1952) have described human settlement of the Solar System and beyond. Robinson has brilliantly imagined social and environmental challenges facing societies living on worlds such as Mercury, Earth, Mars and the asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimrobinson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimrobinson is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 72432 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CO42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.15 km (#16,846 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.289 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 5.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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