(28675) Suejohnston Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Susanne C. Johnston mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suejohnston is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suejohnston is 3.16 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28675 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GB60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.01 km (#7,625 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 7.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 1.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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