(28760) Grantwomble Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Grant Donovan Womble (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his engineering project. He attends the Deerlake Middle School, Tallahassee, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grantwomble is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grantwomble is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28760 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HN12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 24.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0242 |
| Inclination | 7.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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