(216752) Kirbyrunyon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 2005 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Kirby D. Runyon (b. 1985) is an American planetary scientist. He served as a science team graduate student and postdoctoral researcher on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kirbyrunyon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kirbyrunyon is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 216752 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 PR23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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