(28757) Seanweber Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sean Austin Weber (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his animal & plant sciences project. He attends the Sequim Middle School, Sequim, Washington.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seanweber is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seanweber is 3.65 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28757 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HQ9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.57 km (#7,034 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 2.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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