(28117) Mort Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Greg Mort (b. 1952) is a long-time supporter of Lowell Observatory's mission. Greg is an accomplished artist whose artwork has been displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Corcoran Museum of Art and the White House. Greg's artwork was the first interstellar art exhibition aboard the International Space Station.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Mort is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mort is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28117 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SK57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 5.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.990 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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