(28950) Ailisdooner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ailis Clare Dooner (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry project. She attends the Carmel High School, Carmel, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ailisdooner is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ailisdooner is 3.16 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28950
Provisional designation2000 WF133
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.17 km (#12,352 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.233
Absolute magnitude (H)14.54
Orbital period5.23 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.84 – 3.18 au
Eccentricity0.0574
Inclination8.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.84 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 19 November 2000

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