(15118) Elizabethsears Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Elizabeth R. Sears for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Elizabeth is a student at the All Saints Episcopal School, Lubbock, Texas.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethsears is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethsears is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15118 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DP82 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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