(28682) Newhams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mike Newhams mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Out-of-Door Academy, Sarasota, Florida.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Newhams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Newhams is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28682 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GQ70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,958 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0433 |
| Inclination | 4.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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