(20897) Deborahdomingue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Deborah L. Domingue (b. 1963) works at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Domingue has worked on the NEAR space mission and is deputy project scientist for the MESSENGER mission. She is an expert in photometry and Hapke theory and in the analysis of small-body remote sensing data.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deborahdomingue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deborahdomingue is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20897 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WR142 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.99 km (#8,943 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.103 |
| Rotation period | 2.88 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0274 |
| Inclination | 15.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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