(28407) Meghanarao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meghana Vijay Rao (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management project. She attends the Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meghanarao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meghanarao is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28407 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TH135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.77 km (#7,918 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 6.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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