(28677) Laurakowalski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Laura Kowalski mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Parkland High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laurakowalski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurakowalski is 2.19 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28677 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GO66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.59 km (#16,084 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.347 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0750 |
| Inclination | 1.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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