(28630) Mayuri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Mayuri Sridhar (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mayuri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mayuri is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28630
Provisional designation2000 FK35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.12
Orbital period3.29 years
Semi-major axis2.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.40 au
Eccentricity0.0833
Inclination4.10°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 29 March 2000

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