(28425) Sungkanit Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Arada Sungkanit (b. 1994) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management team project. She also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. She attends the Suratpittaya School, Meung, Suratthani, Thailand.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sungkanit is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sungkanit is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28425 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XL24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.02 km (#12,681 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 4.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 December 1999
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- (13841) Blankenship
- (13843) Cowenbrown
- (14224) Gaede
- (14678) Pinney
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- (16114) Alyono
- (16116) Balakrishnan
- (16117) Herbst
- (16142) Leung
- (20713) Sheward
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