(28467) Maurentejamie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ruth Maurente Jamie (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences team project. She attends the Escuela Tecnica No. 12, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maurentejamie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maurentejamie is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28467 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA244 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.45 km (#16,361 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.355 |
| Rotation period | 6.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 6.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.985 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ruth
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Also discovered on 7 January 2000
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