(28712) Elizabethcorn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Alyn Corn (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her biochemistry, medicine, health science, and microbiology project. She attends the Davidsen Middle School, Tampa, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethcorn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethcorn is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28712 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GT102 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.10 km (#10,430 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 2.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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