(28825) Bryangoehring Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Bryan S. Goehring mentored a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Takoma Park Middle School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bryangoehring is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bryangoehring is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28825
Provisional designation2000 JG28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.60 km (#8,129 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.112
Absolute magnitude (H)14.29
Orbital period4.39 years
Semi-major axis2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.33 – 3.03 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination6.70°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Bryan

Also discovered on 7 May 2000

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