(28799) Christopherford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Christopher Ford (b. 1959) is a leading American authority in computer graphics and media development in film visual effects, game and video production, and astronomical visualization. He is a former President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and joined the Lowell Observatory Board in 2023.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #5, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christopherford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christopherford is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28799 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HB72 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.70 km (#15,860 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.221 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.926 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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