- 23131 Debenedictis
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Debenedictis Discovery and designationDiscovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Discovery site Socorro Discovery date January 5, 2000 DesignationsMPC designation 23131 Alternate name(s) 2000 AS128 Orbital characteristicsMPO77305Epoch January 4, 2010 Ap 2.6129343 Peri 1.8538251 Semi-major axis 2.2333797 Eccentricity 0.1699463 Orbital period 1219.1083035 Mean anomaly 73.32131 Inclination 2.19764 Longitude of ascending node 285.70455 Argument of peri 111.07818 Absolute magnitude (H) 14.2 23131 Debenedictis is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 3.34 years.
The asteroid was discovered on January 5, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team in Socorro.
Erika Alden DeBenedictis (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attended the Saint Pius X High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.[1]
In 2008, she attended the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy through a curriculum based on asteroid observations and orbital calcualtions.
References
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=23131. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
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