(28589) Nisley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ishara Nisley (b. 1995) received her S.B. degree from MIT in planetary science in 2017, then joined Lowell Observatory in 2017 as an Observer Technician for the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer. She has been working as an Observer/Operator at the Lowell Discovery Telescope since 2019.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nisley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nisley is 2.12 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28589 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EL126 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.11 km (#16,905 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.329 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0674 |
| Inclination | 3.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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