(56795) Amandagorman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Amanda S. C. Gorman (b. 1998) is an American poet. She was the first National Youth Poet Laureate. She advocates for environmental protection, racial and gender equality. She contributed a message of kindness and courage to our descendants etched on the plaque on NASA's Lucy spacecraft.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amandagorman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amandagorman is 3.13 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 56795 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OE67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0839 |
| Inclination | 0.572° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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