(3609) Liloketai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1980 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Where Liloketai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liloketai is 3.17 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3609 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 VM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.6 km (#2,566 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 15.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.245 |
| Inclination | 4.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 November 1980
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- (2169) Taiwan
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