(168948) Silvestri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 2000 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Nicole Silvestri (b. 1973) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for establishing a chromospheric activity-age relation for M dwarf stars and work on SDSS close binary systems.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Silvestri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Silvestri is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 168948 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YX143 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0946 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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