(28715) Garimella Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mihir Tejas Garimella (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his engineering project. He attends the Dorseyville Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garimella is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garimella is 2.93 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28715 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GW103 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0519 |
| Inclination | 2.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Mihir
All asteroids named after someone called Mihir
Also discovered on 7 April 2000
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- (15608) Owens
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- (15611) Leejoonyoung
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- (15614) Pillinger
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