(163119) Timmckay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Tim McKay (b. 1964) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for work on galaxy clusters and gravitational lensing.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Timmckay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timmckay is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 163119 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AO208 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0818 |
| Inclination | 2.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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