(28734) Austinmccoy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Austin Sagan McCoy (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his biochemistry, medicine, health science, and microbiology project. He attends the Friedell Middle School, Rochester, Minnesota.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Austinmccoy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Austinmccoy is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28734 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GK125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,734 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0972 |
| Inclination | 7.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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