(28887) Sabina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sabina Raducan (b. 1993) is a Romanian researcher at the University of Bern with expertise in numerical simulations of asteroid impacts. A winner of the Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award, her work as a member of the DART Investigation Team has been noteworthy in understanding DART's impact into Dimorphos.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Sabina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sabina is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28887 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KQ58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.39 km (#11,856 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Rotation period | 6.84 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.256 |
| Inclination | 13.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.846 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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