(28536) Hunaiwen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hu Nai-Wen (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy team project. She attends the Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hunaiwen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hunaiwen is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28536 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DX97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 4.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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