(175203) Kingston Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 2005 by Jarnac at Vail-Jarnac.
Harold R. Kingston (1885–1963) was the founder of the London Center of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Kingston became the national president of the RASC in 1930. This naming is in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the London Center's founding in 1922.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Kingston is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kingston is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 175203 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 FS4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 5.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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