(123290) Manoa Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Manoa is the valley on the island of Oahu in which the University of Hawai'i was founded in 1907. The last part of the provisional designation is symbolic of the university's centennial celebration in 2007.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Manoa is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manoa is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number123290
Provisional designation2000 UH100
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.05
Orbital period4.16 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.135
Inclination15.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.28 au

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

Also discovered on 25 October 2000

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