(28832) Akana Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Reid Toshio Kealii Akana (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences project. He attends the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Akana is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akana is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28832
Provisional designation2000 JW32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.72 km (#13,415 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.185
Absolute magnitude (H)14.71
Orbital period5.09 years
Semi-major axis2.96 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.79 – 3.13 au
Eccentricity0.0563
Inclination3.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.81 au

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

Also named after someone called Reid

Also discovered on 7 May 2000

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