(28512) Tanyuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tan Jin Yuan (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Raffles Institution, Singapore, Singapore.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanyuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanyuan is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28512 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CG103 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.57 km (#8,165 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 3.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tan
All asteroids named after someone called Tan
Also discovered on 6 February 2000
- (15111) Winters
- (20759) Vienne
- (26528) Genniferubin
- (26530) Lucferreira
- (26532) Eduardoboff
- (27338) Malaraghavan
- (28509) Feddersen
- (30012) Sohamdaga
- (45594) Wendyrichard
- (45595) Inman
- (97472) Hobby
- (97508) Bolden
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- (9126) Samcoulson
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- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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