(28800) Speth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dustin Speth mentored a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Honey Creek Middle School, Terre Haute, Indiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Speth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Speth is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28800 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HV75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.63 km (#13,637 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 8.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.957 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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