(25036) Elizabethof Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Elizabeth Olson Ferreira (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the Fort Richmond Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Elizabethof is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethof is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25036
Provisional designation1998 QT36
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.12 km (#7,494 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0620
Absolute magnitude (H)14.65
Orbital period3.89 years
Semi-major axis2.48 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.26 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.0861
Inclination4.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.25 au

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

Also named after someone called Elizabeth

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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