(84884) Dorismcmillan Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Doris McMillan (1909-1999) of San Benito, Texas, was a science educator with Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1960s and influential to many amateur and professional astronomers, space scientists and educators.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dorismcmillan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dorismcmillan is 3.36 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 84884 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FS20 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0906 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Doris
All asteroids named after someone called Doris
Also discovered on 23 March 2003
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- (189848) Eivissa
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