(130283) Elizabethgraham Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 March 2000 by N. Brady at Lake Tekapo.

Elizabeth Brady and Graham Lawrence Brady are the parents of the discoverer. They were instrumental in recognizing and encouraging the discoverer's early interest in science and particularly astronomy, for which the discoverer is eternally grateful.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Elizabethgraham is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethgraham is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number130283
Provisional designation2000 EB8
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.74 km (#9,309 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0590
Absolute magnitude (H)15.25
Orbital period5.50 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.91 – 3.33 au
Eccentricity0.0682
Inclination17.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.98 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Elizabeth

Also discovered on 4 March 2000

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