(28583) Mehrotra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pavan N. Mehrotra (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his engineering project. He attends the Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, California.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mehrotra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mehrotra is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28583 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EJ108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 5.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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