(28866) Chakraborty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Uttara Chakraborty (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She is homeschooled in Chesterfield, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chakraborty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chakraborty is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28866 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JX75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,513 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.341 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 9.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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