(63862) Amyledbetter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amy Susan Ledbetter (b. 1958) is a retired American human resources director, fiber artist, gourmet cook, and National Park enthusiast. She is a supporter of NASA’s Lucy mission where she is known as the voice of “It's a binary!”. Amy counts many astronomers as friends.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #5, 24), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amyledbetter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amyledbetter is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 63862 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 RL100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.28 km (#10,084 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 1.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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