(28493) Duncan-Lewis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christopher Anthony Duncan-Lewis (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Winter Springs High School, Winter Springs, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Duncan-Lewis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Duncan-Lewis is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28493 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CC63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.70 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0586 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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