(28869) Chaubal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Manotri Chaubal (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her cellular and molecular biology project. She attends the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chaubal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chaubal is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28869 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JA84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.04 km (#15,111 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.303 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0771 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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