(28643) Kellyzhang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kelly Zhang (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her bioengineering project. She attends the College Preparatory School, Oakland, California.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellyzhang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellyzhang is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28643 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FB50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.19 km (#8,659 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 4.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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