(28345) Akivabarnun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 March 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Akiva Bar-Nun (1940–2017) studied the thermal evolution of comets, planetary atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn and Titan, and chemical processes on Mars, the Moon, and other bodies. Bar-Nun was a contributor to the Rosetta mission as head of Israel’s space agency.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akivabarnun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akivabarnun is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28345 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FL19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.6 km (#4,788 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 3.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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