(28210) Howardfeng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Howard Feng (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Howardfeng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Howardfeng is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28210 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XF63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.20 km (#16,773 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Rotation period | 402 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 7.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.838 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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