(28886) Ericajawin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Erica R. Jawin (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC) working on the OSIRIS-REx mission sample site selection. Her wide range of research expertise spans studies of Mars, the moon and now asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ericajawin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericajawin is 2.73 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28886 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KX57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.51 km (#13,927 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 14.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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