(28770) Sarahrines Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sarah Rines mentored a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sarahrines is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sarahrines is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28770 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HC27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,025 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.270 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0636 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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