(28883) Kouveliotou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Chryssa Kouveliotou (b. 1953) has been a leader in high energy astrophysics. Starting as a professor in her native Greece, she spent most of her career in the USA, working for NASA and, later, George Washington University. Using a succession of orbiting observatories, she has led discoveries on γ-ray bursters and confirmed the existence of magnetars.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kouveliotou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kouveliotou is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28883 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KS52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0566 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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