(28738) Carolinolan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Caroline Grace Nolan (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her animal & plant sciences project. She attends the Stuart Middle School, Stuart, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carolinolan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carolinolan is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28738 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GQ135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.00 km (#15,221 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0974 |
| Inclination | 6.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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