(28726) Kailey-Steiner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Johann Rod Kailey-Steiner (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his engineering project. He attends the Grant Beacon Middle School, Denver, Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kailey-Steiner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kailey-Steiner is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28726 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GM113 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,807 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.93 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0756 |
| Inclination | 3.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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