(28346) Kent Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Kent Hodgson (b. 1933) is a teacher, speaker, ethicist and author from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His book, A Rock and a Hard Place: How to Make Ethical Business Decisions When the Choices Are Tough was published in 1992.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Kent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kent is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28346 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FV19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.78 km (#9,256 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 9.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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