(28720) Krystalrose Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Krystal Rose Horton (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her animal & plant sciences project. She attends the Menifee Valley Middle School, Menifee, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krystalrose is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krystalrose is 2.93 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28720 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GV107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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