(28632) Christraver Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chris Traver (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson, New York.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christraver is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christraver is 2.77 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28632 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FF37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 3.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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