(28622) Gabadirwe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Mohutsiwa Gabadirwe (b. 1968) is a senior geologist from Botswana at the Botswana Geoscience Institute in Lobatse. He played a key role in the recovery and study of meteorites from impacting asteroid 2018 LA in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gabadirwe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gabadirwe is 2.74 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28622 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FJ29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,800 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 2.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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