(28816) Kimneville Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kim Neville mentored a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Jose M. Lopez Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimneville is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimneville is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28816 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JC18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.25 km (#16,686 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.381 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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