(28295) Heyizheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
He Yizheng (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the Northeast Yucai School, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heyizheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heyizheng is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28295 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CE61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.40 km (#8,380 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0962 |
| Inclination | 4.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called He
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