(56975) Lindaspilker Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 2000 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Linda Spilker (b. 1955), senior research scientist and fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been involved in planetary missions throughout her career. She was the Cassini mission project scientist and, currently, the Voyager project scientist. She has been honored with various NASA and JPL awards throughout her career.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #2, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindaspilker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindaspilker is 3.25 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 56975 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SP161 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.20 km (#5,621 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Rotation period | 70.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 6.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.05 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0927 |
| Inclination | 9.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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