(28620) Anicia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Anicia Arredondo (b. 1994) is an American astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, TX). Her studies include spectroscopic observations of asteroids and asteroid families, stellar occultation observations of Trans-Neptunian Objects, and lunar hydration studies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anicia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anicia is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28620 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FE26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.09 km (#6,485 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 172 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 4.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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