(28568) Jacobjohnson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jacob Paul Smullin Johnson (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioinformatics and genomics project. He attends the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jacobjohnson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacobjohnson is 2.77 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28568 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EU64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0859 |
| Inclination | 0.609° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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