(28483) Allenyuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Allen Yuan (b. 1993) was awarded first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematical sciences project. He attends the Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Allenyuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Allenyuan is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28483 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CJ39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.44 km (#16,364 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 1.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.940 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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