(28572) Salebreton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephen Adam Le Breton (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Salebreton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Salebreton is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28572 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EH79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.36 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 5.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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