(11367) Rachelseevers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Seevers (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her engineering project. She attended the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rachelseevers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rachelseevers is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11367 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HJ115 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.31 km (#10,031 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 14.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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