(28276) Filipnaiser Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Filip Naiser (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He attends the Gymnazium Aloise Jiraska, Litomysl, Czech Republic.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Filipnaiser is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Filipnaiser is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28276
Provisional designation1999 CN25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.08 km (#16,955 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.373
Absolute magnitude (H)15.41
Orbital period3.73 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.180
Inclination3.52°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.985 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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