(28680) Sandralitvin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sandra Litvin mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Unionville High School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sandralitvin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sandralitvin is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28680 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GA69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,187 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 187 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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