(15111) Winters Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Marlene K. Winters for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Winters is a teacher at the International Montessori School, Venice, Florida.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Winters is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Winters is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15111 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CY92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.83 km (#15,590 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.347 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.246 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.777 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marlene
All asteroids named after someone called Marlene
Also discovered on 6 February 2000
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