(28072) Lindbowerman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lindsay Bowerman mentored a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Cross Schools, Bluffton, South Carolina.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindbowerman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindbowerman is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28072 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QT31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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