(28509) Feddersen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Troy Feddersen (b. 1993) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences team project. He also received the Gordon E. Moore Award. He attends the Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feddersen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feddersen is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28509 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.04 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0465 |
| Inclination | 2.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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