(28468) Shichangxu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 2000 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Shi Changxu (b. 1920), material-scientist-academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is a leading scientist in researching and developing new materials such as super alloy and novel alloy steel. He was awarded the State Preeminent Science and Technology Prize in 2010.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shichangxu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shichangxu is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28468 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AG246 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.60 km (#11,428 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Rotation period | 4.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0627 |
| Inclination | 9.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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