(120112) Elizabethacton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Elizabeth A. Acton (b. 1981) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as Project Support Specialist.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethacton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethacton is 2.98 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120112 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FS51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 3.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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