(28707) Drewbecker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Drew William Becker (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Rocky Mountain Middle School, Heber City, Utah.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Drewbecker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Drewbecker is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28707 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GZ94 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.02 km (#15,165 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.147 |
| Rotation period | 4.47 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0423 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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