(28488) Gautam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Simanta Gautam (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematical sciences project. He attends the Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gautam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gautam is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28488 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CF58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.96 km (#10,687 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.125 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0468 |
| Inclination | 9.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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