(15112) Arlenewolfe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Arlene E. Wolfe for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Wolfe is a teacher at the Venerini Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arlenewolfe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arlenewolfe is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15112 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CY94 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.14 km (#7,472 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 152 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 3.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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