(28575) McQuaid Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Conor McQuaid (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McQuaid is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McQuaid is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28575 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ES95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.46 km (#11,717 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Rotation period | 14.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Inclination | 2.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.846 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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