(29618) Jinandrew Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Cheng Jin (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jinandrew is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jinandrew is 1.95 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29618 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SL124 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.73 km (#11,165 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 5.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.945 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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