(28465) Janesmyth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jane Elizabeth Smyth (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences team project. She attends the Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janesmyth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janesmyth is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28465 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ237 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,397 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.365 |
| Rotation period | 2.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 2.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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