(28570) Peterkraft Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Kraft (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Munster High School, Munster, Indiana.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterkraft is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterkraft is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28570 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EW75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.00 km (#17,040 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.233 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 5.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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