(28625) Selvakumar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Raja Selvakumar (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Milton High School, Milton, Georgia.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Selvakumar is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Selvakumar is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28625
Provisional designation2000 FQ32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.17
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity0.0586
Inclination4.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.19 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 29 March 2000

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