(10028) Bonus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 1981 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Shelley R. Bonus (b. 1947) has taken part in the organization and inventory of the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive. She has also devoted considerable time and energy to public outreach in astronomy through planetarium presentations and the Telescopes in Education program.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bonus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bonus is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10028 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 JM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Rotation period | 1.13 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.984 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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