(28854) Budisteanu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ionut Alexandru Budisteanu (b. 1993) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He also received the Gordon E. Moore Award. He attends the Liceul Tehnologic Oltchim, Ramnicu Valcea, Valcea, Romania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Budisteanu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Budisteanu is 2.11 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28854 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JP56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,329 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Rotation period | 14.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 7.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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