(28638) Joywang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joy Yiran Wang (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Parkland High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joywang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joywang is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28638 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FE49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.11 km (#8,765 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 1.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Joy
All asteroids named after someone called Joy
Also discovered on 30 March 2000
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