(28853) Bukhamsin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Abdullah Hassan Bu Khamsin (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences project. He attends the Dhahran Ahliyya School, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bukhamsin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bukhamsin is 2.88 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28853
Provisional designation2000 JX55
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.64
Orbital period4.95 years
Semi-major axis2.90 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.84 – 2.97 au
Eccentricity0.0214
Inclination3.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.83 au

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

Also discovered on 6 May 2000

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