(28747) Swintosky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Megan Christine Swintosky (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her biochemistry, medicine, health science, and microbiology project. She attends the Penn View Christian School, Souderton, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Swintosky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Swintosky is 2.82 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28747 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GF151 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0499 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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