(28672) Karolhiggins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Karol Higgins mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Milton High School, Milton, Georgia.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karolhiggins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karolhiggins is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28672 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GH56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,133 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.334 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0868 |
| Inclination | 5.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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