(20471) Kueny Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jay Kueny (b. 1993) is an American astronomer at the University of Arizona’s Wyant College of Optics and Steward Observatory. Jay earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2025. Jay studies novel adaptive-optics techniques and active asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kueny is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kueny is 2.25 au from the Sun and 1.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20471 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NK6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.29 km (#10,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.191 |
| Rotation period | 12.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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