(28772) Bonamico Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Roberto Bonamico (b. 1955) is an Italian amateur astronomer. He runs the Bonamico Star Adventure Observatory (Minor Planet Center code K76) and has contributed to asteroid photometric observations, their analysis, and their use for determination of asteroid shape properties.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bonamico is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bonamico is 2.85 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28772 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HE34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.82 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0204 |
| Inclination | 5.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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