(28808) Ananthnarayan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vidya Ananthnarayan mentored a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the BASIS Chandler, Chandler, Arizona.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ananthnarayan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ananthnarayan is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28808 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HO96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.39 km (#9,905 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0570 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vidya
All asteroids named after someone called Vidya
Also discovered on 28 April 2000
- (15619) Albertwu
- (15623) Maitaneam
- (15624) Lamberton
- (16247) Esner
- (16248) Fox
- (28760) Grantwomble
- (28765) Katherinewu
- (28802) Boborino
- (28803) Roe
- (30245) Paigesmith
- (30248) Kimstinson
- (30249) Zamora