(28676) Bethkoester Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Beth Koester mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, Arizona.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bethkoester is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bethkoester is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28676 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GK66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.78 km (#15,698 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.301 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 5.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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