(9466) Shishir Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shishir Hitesh Dholakia (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his earth and space sciences project. He attends the Marian A. Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shishir is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shishir is 2.11 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9466 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KR46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 5.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.892 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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