(151351) Dalleore Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 February 2002 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.

Cristina M. Dalle Ore (b. 1958) is a senior scientist at the NASA SETI Institute, who served as a composition science team member for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dalleore is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dalleore is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number151351
Provisional designation2002 CS282
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.86
Orbital period5.14 years
Semi-major axis2.98 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.57 – 3.38 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination1.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.57 au

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

Also named after someone called Cristina

Also discovered on 8 February 2002

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