(28592) O'Leary Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vincent Jacob O'Leary (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his animal sciences project. He attends the Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Wheeling, West Virginia.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where O'Leary is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: O'Leary is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28592 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EP131 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 2.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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