(28564) Gunderman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lane Gunderman (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gunderman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gunderman is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28564
Provisional designation2000 EV57
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.93 km (#15,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.226
Absolute magnitude (H)15.03
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.88 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.185
Inclination4.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.862 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Lane

Also discovered on 8 March 2000

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