(28740) Nathansperry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nathaniel Poort Sperry (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, Falls Church, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nathansperry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nathansperry is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28740 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GZ135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.57 km (#8,160 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0383 |
| Inclination | 6.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Nathaniel
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Also discovered on 12 April 2000
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