(28209) Chatterjee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ishan Chatterjee (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chatterjee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chatterjee is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28209 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XC63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.22 km (#10,207 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.163 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0857 |
| Inclination | 9.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 December 1998
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