(8309) Jedidahisler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1996 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Jedidah Isler (b. 1982) is an American astrophysicist and policy maker who was the first African American woman to complete her Ph.D. in astrophysics at Yale University. She was a professor at Dartmouth College before working at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2021.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #25, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jedidahisler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jedidahisler is 2.42 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8309 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 NL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.08 km (#12,543 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.321 |
| Rotation period | 19.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0813 |
| Inclination | 3.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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