(28094) Michellewis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michelle Lewis mentored a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Lewis School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michellewis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michellewis is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28094 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RE56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.90 km (#15,440 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.438 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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