(28628) Kensenshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kensen Shi (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the A&M Consolidated High School, College Station, Texas.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kensenshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kensenshi is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28628 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FF34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.19 km (#6,400 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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