(403563) Ledbetter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 June 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Lilly Ledbetter (b. 1938) is an American who fights for pay equity. Upon discovering she was being paid less than her male colleagues, she sued her employer (Goodyear). Her case inspired passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ledbetter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ledbetter is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 403563 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 LY97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.53 km (#16,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0280 |
| Inclination | 4.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.