(28563) Dantzler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexa Victoria Dantzler (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School, Arlington, Virginia.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dantzler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dantzler is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28563 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EF57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.06 km (#16,966 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0539 |
| Inclination | 1.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alexa
All asteroids named after someone called Alexa
Also discovered on 8 March 2000
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- (18891) Kamler
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- (27372) Ujifusa
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- (27387) Chhabra
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- (28554) Adambowman