(28598) Apadmanabha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Akshay Padmanabha (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioengineering project. He attends the Houston High School, Germantown, Tennessee.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Apadmanabha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Apadmanabha is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28598 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EU137 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0719 |
| Inclination | 5.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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