(28656) Doreencurtin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Doreen Curtin mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School, Arlington, Virginia.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Doreencurtin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Doreencurtin is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28656 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GH28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,319 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Rotation period | 3.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0495 |
| Inclination | 5.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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