(28989) Lenaadams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 June 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Elena Adams (b. 1979) is an American engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. She has worked on missions across the solar system as well as studies for the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Adams was the mission systems engineer for the DART planetary defense test mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lenaadams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lenaadams is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28989 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 MZ24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.54 km (#7,065 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 4.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.962 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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