(15566) Elizabethbaker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Elizabeth A. Baker for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Elizabeth is a student at the Doolen Middle School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethbaker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethbaker is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15566 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GD50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 2.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.958 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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