(23128) Dorminy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
John Wilson Dorminy (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He attends the Sola Fide Home School, McDonough, Georgia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dorminy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dorminy is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23128 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0964 |
| Inclination | 3.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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