(28428) Ankurvaishnav Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ankur Kanjibhai Vaishnav (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental management team project. He attends the Shree P.V. Modi High School, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ankurvaishnav is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ankurvaishnav is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28428 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.49 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.920 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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