(28494) Jasmine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jasmine Samaiya Roberts (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Paul R. Wharton High School, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Jasmine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasmine is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28494 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CW63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.32 km (#16,578 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 3.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.834 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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