(28958) Binns Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 13 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hilda May (Torok) Binns (b. 1945) is a retired multi-sport athlete who won Canada’s first Paralympic gold medal in Tel Aviv in 1968. She won a total of six medals in two Paralympics and many medals and honors in other national and international competitions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Binns is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Binns is 5.49 au from the Sun and 6.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28958 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CQ42 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 21.6 km (#2,009 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.24 |
| Orbital period | 12.2 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.86 – 5.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0835 |
| Inclination | 8.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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