(230759) Anishahosadurga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 November 2003 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Anisha Hosadurga (b. 1997) is an American NASA New Horizons real-time flight controller and mission operations analyst. She has been with the New Horizons mission since 2017, starting as an intern. Anisha provided critical real-time support through the Arrokoth encounter and continues providing command planning support.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 30), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anishahosadurga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anishahosadurga is 3.71 au from the Sun and 4.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 230759 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 WE183 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.97 km (#8,970 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Rotation period | 8.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Inclination | 7.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.