(7517) Alisondoane Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 January 1989 by T. Kojima at Chiyoda.

Alison Doane (b. 1958) has held the position of assistant curator (from 1983 to 2001) and curator (from 2001 to the present) of astronomical photographs at the Harvard College Observatory. She was also principal oboe with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra from 1982 to 2001.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-12-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Alisondoane is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alisondoane is 1.91 au from the Sun and 0.931 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7517
Provisional designation	1989 AD
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	9.15 km (#5,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.122
Rotation period	9.70 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.9
Orbital period	3.83 years
Semi-major axis	2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.80 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity	0.262
Inclination	6.05°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.823 au

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

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