(28050) Asekomeh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Demetrius Asekomeh mentored a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Marian A. Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Asekomeh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asekomeh is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28050 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HC99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,556 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.286 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 4.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.831 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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