(28976) Sevigny Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Melissa Sevigny (b. 1986) is an American science journalist and longtime science reporter at KNAU (Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona. She has worked in the fields of planetary science, western water policy, and sustainable agriculture and has authored multiple critically acclaimed books, including Brave the Wild River.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #1, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sevigny is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sevigny is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28976 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 KN73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.79 km (#13,249 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.372 |
| Rotation period | 8.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 7.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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