(28073) Fohner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nancy Fohner mentored a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Marian A. Peterson, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fohner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fohner is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28073 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QT40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.68 km (#13,511 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Rotation period | 219 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0411 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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