(28718) Rivergrace Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
River Connell Grace (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his animal & plant sciences project. He attends the West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rivergrace is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rivergrace is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28718 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GH107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 7.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.918 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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