(28968) Gongmiaoxin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gong Miaoxin (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering team project. She attends the High School No. 7, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gongmiaoxin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gongmiaoxin is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28968 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 HT36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.24 km (#14,626 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.