(28631) Jacktakahashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jack Ryan Takahashi (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jacktakahashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacktakahashi is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28631 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FX36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.97 km (#6,611 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 2.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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