(28629) Solimano Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jamie Lee Solimano (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her microbiology project. She attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Solimano is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Solimano is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28629
Provisional designation2000 FT34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.27 km (#16,662 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.376
Absolute magnitude (H)15.41
Orbital period4.39 years
Semi-major axis2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.189
Inclination2.88°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.16 au

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

Also named after someone called Jamie

Also discovered on 29 March 2000

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