(11927) Mount Kent Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1993 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Mt. Kent Observatory is a facility for astronomical education, research and outreach operated by the University of Southern Queensland. It provides remote and robotic observing, in partnership with the University of Louisville, the University of Queensland and Automated Patrol Telescopes Australia.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mount Kent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mount Kent is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11927 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.18 km (#6,402 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.264 |
| Rotation period | 3.83 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0642 |
| Inclination | 14.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.