(594983) Stephaniecote Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by D. D. Balam C. Veillet at Maunakea.
Stéphanie Côté (b. 1966) is a Canadian astronomer and Principal Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. She is a support astronomer in the Canadian Gemini Office, and studies nearby dwarf galaxies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stephaniecote is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stephaniecote is 2.77 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 594983 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KE84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0784 |
| Inclination | 9.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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