23131 Debenedictis
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | 5 January 2000 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 23131 |
| 2000 AS128 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22062 days (60.40 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.6129881 AU (390.89746 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8529876 AU (277.20300 Gm) |
| 2.2329878 AU (334.05022 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1701757 |
| 3.34 yr (1218.8 d) | |
| 3.1879437° | |
| 0° 17m 43.352s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.198668° |
| 285.64120° | |
| 111.03009° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.860063 AU (128.6636 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.80782 AU (420.044 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.620 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.4 | |
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23131 Debenedictis is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 3.34 years.
The asteroid was discovered on January 5, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team in Socorro.
The citation on the naming of the asteroid states, "Erika Alden DeBenedictis (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attended the Saint Pius X High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A."[2]
In 2008, she further became connected to asteroids when she attended the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy through a curriculum based on asteroid observations and orbital calculations.[3] At the program in Socorro, NM, just a short distance from where the asteroid was discovered, she had the opportunity to observe her namesake.[4]
References
- ↑ "23131 Debenedictis (2000 AS128)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ↑ Renteria, Roger (July 18, 2008). "A Day in the Life of SSP Students, July 18, 2008". New Mexico Tech.
- ↑ http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/krisciunas/erika.html