(28633) Ratripathi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Raghav Tripathi (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Westview High School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ratripathi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ratripathi is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28633 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FK37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.12 km (#16,903 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.848 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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