(42772) Kokotanekova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Rosita Kokotanekova (b. 1991) is a Research Fellow at ESO in Garching, Germany. She studies surface characteristics of comets, trans-Neptunian objects, and other small solar system bodies using ground-based photometry.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kokotanekova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kokotanekova is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42772 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TJ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.55 km (#8,181 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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