(28948) Disalvo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Hayley DiSalvo (b. 1996) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences team project. She attends the George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Disalvo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Disalvo is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28948 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WJ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.02 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0796 |
| Inclination | 6.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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