(9563) Kitty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1987 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Katherine (“Kitty”) F. Putnam (b. 1916) was, from 1975 through 1984, president of the Springfield, Massachusetts, Television Corporation. She was also the first woman elected to the board of the National Association of Broadcasters.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Kitty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kitty is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9563 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 SJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,383 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Rotation period | 5.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 1.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.821 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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