(28765) Katherinewu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Jean Wu (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Takoma Park Middle School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katherinewu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katherinewu is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28765 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HY13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.12 km (#14,918 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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