(28855) Burchell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sydney Veronica Burchell (b. 1996) was awarded first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management team project. She attends the Morristown Hamblen High School East, Morristown, Tennessee, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Burchell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burchell is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28855 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JN57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.40 km (#14,233 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0728 |
| Inclination | 4.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sydney
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Also discovered on 6 May 2000
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