(28594) Ronaldballouz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ronald Ballouz (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral scholar at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (Tucson, AZ) focusing on computer simulations of grain interactions throughout the Solar System, including the surfaces of small bodies relevant for missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ronaldballouz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ronaldballouz is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28594 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EF134 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,682 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 30.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 9.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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