(4994) Kisala Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 1983 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
During mid-2004 Rachel Kisala (b. 1985) helped out at the Minor Planet Center and Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams by reducing (in more than one sense of the word) the backlog of SOHO comet observations. She also converted many old IAU Circulars to computer form.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kisala is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kisala is 3.43 au from the Sun and 4.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4994 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 RK3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.50 km (#9,717 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Rotation period | 39.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.95 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 1.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rachel
- (8995) Rachelstevenson
- (9287) Klima
- (11367) Rachelseevers
- (11719) Hicklen
- (12591) Bergey
- (16223) Racheljoseph
- (17698) Racheldavis
- (17801) Zelkowitz
- (19568) Rachelmarie
- (25191) Rachelouise
- (25912) Recawkwell
- (28591) Racheldilger
All asteroids named after someone called Rachel
Also discovered on 1 September 1983
- (4199) Andreev
- (6368) Richardmenendez
- (7109) Heine
- (7741) Fedoseev
- (7996) Vedernikov
- (20990) Maryannehervey
- (24641) Enver
More named asteroids discovered by H. Debehogne
- (2364) Seillier
- (2543) Machado
- (2590) Mourao
- (2673) Lossignol
- (2707) Ueferji
- (2814) Vieira
- (2852) Declercq
- (2926) Caldeira
- (3002) Delasalle
- (3138) Ciney
- (3274) Maillen
- (3365) Recogne
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