(28710) Rebeccab Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rebecca Ann Bloomfield (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the North Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rebeccab is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rebeccab is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28710 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GY100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.19 km (#16,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.533 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 5.03° |
| 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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- (23047) Isseroff
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- (34451) Rebohearn
All asteroids named after someone called Rebecca
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- (15614) Pillinger
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- (16239) Dower
- (16241) Dvorsky
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