(28254) Raghrama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Raghavendra Ramachanderan (b. 1994) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his chemistry project. He attends the St. John's International Residential School, Chennai, India.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raghrama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raghrama is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28254 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BC21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.97 km (#7,699 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 January 1999
- (10423) Dajcic
- (10426) Charlierouse
- (15469) Ohmura
- (29745) Mareknovak
- (31437) Verma
- (31438) Yasuhitohayashi