(28484) Aishwarya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aishwarya Ananda Vardhana (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematical sciences project. She attends the Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aishwarya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aishwarya is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28484
Provisional designation2000 CO43
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.00 km (#17,036 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.335
Absolute magnitude (H)15.47
Orbital period3.29 years
Semi-major axis2.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.83 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity0.173
Inclination4.71°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.816 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 2 February 2000

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