(28156) McColl Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Adrienne Brooke McColl (b. 1993) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the San Pedro High School, San Pedro, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McColl is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McColl is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28156 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UF41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.37 km (#8,411 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 9.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Adrienne
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