(28737) Mohindra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Smita Mohindra (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her engineering project. She is home schooled in Yorktown, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mohindra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mohindra is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28737 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GR133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,138 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.402 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 6.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Smita
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