(28555) Jenniferchan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jennifer Chan (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jenniferchan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jenniferchan is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28555 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EM41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.22 km (#16,740 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.358 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0335 |
| Inclination | 1.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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