(28888) Agrusa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Harrison Agrusa (b. 1995) is an American astronomer. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland in 2022 and contributed significantly to modeling binary asteroid Didymos for the NASA DART mission, including interpreting the impact outcome and the target's post-impact state.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Agrusa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agrusa is 2.82 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28888 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KS60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.95 km (#12,852 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.179 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 5.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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