(25715) Lizmariemako Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Elizabeth Marie Mako (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering project. She attends the W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lizmariemako is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lizmariemako is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25715
Provisional designation2000 AY162
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.72 km (#15,814 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.218
Absolute magnitude (H)15.53
Orbital period3.71 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.98 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.173
Inclination4.50°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.996 au

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

Also named after someone called Elizabeth

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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