(28450) Saravolz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sara Ellen Volz (b. 1995) was awarded first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her energy and transportation project. She attends the Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saravolz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saravolz is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28450 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AB119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.37 km (#16,498 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.346 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0953 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| 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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