(28581) Dyerlytle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Dyer Lytle (b. 1956) is a Software Engineer at Lowell Observatory, crucial to maintaining software used by all observers at the 4.3-m Lowell Discovery Telescope. He was previously a Software Engineer for instruments aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft, and he was a Scientific Programmer with NOAO's IRAF group.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dyerlytle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dyerlytle is 2.13 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28581 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ER105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 138 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 6.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.975 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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