(28955) Kaliadeborah Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kalia Deborah Firester (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Hunter College High School, New York, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kaliadeborah is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaliadeborah is 2.09 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28955
Provisional designation2000 YZ58
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.89 km (#13,017 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0560
Absolute magnitude (H)16.16
Orbital period3.58 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.125
Inclination1.60°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

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

Also discovered on 30 December 2000

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