(28655) Erincolfax Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erin Colfax mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Morristown High School, Morristown, New Jersey.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Erincolfax is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Erincolfax is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28655 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GY25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.23 km (#16,733 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.270 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0671 |
| Inclination | 2.85° |
| 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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