(28068) Stephbillings Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephanie Billings mentored a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Cherry Hill Elementary School, Orem, Utah.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stephbillings is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stephbillings is 1.95 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28068 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QO21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.33 km (#16,544 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.296 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 4.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.915 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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