(28848) Nicolemarie Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Nicole Marie Biddinger (b. 1995) was awarded first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-05-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nicolemarie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nicolemarie is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28848
Provisional designation2000 JH53
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.80 km (#11,014 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.175
Absolute magnitude (H)14.34
Orbital period5.03 years
Semi-major axis2.93 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.68 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.0866
Inclination2.98°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.69 au

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

Also named after someone called Nicole

Also discovered on 9 May 2000

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