(28587) Mundkur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Naethan Sid Mundkur (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mundkur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mundkur is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28587 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EG114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,822 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.346 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0671 |
| Inclination | 6.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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