(28457) Chloeanassis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Chloe Anassis (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Study School, Westmount, Quebec, Canada.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Chloeanassis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chloeanassis is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28457
Provisional designation2000 AX143
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.68 km (#15,907 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.296
Absolute magnitude (H)15.01
Orbital period3.59 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.15 – 2.54 au
Eccentricity0.0830
Inclination6.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Chloe

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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