(28609) Tsirvoulis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Georgios Tsirvoulis (b. 1987) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) whose studies include the identification and long-term dynamical evolution of collisional asteroid families.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsirvoulis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsirvoulis is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28609 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EL158 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.37 km (#8,417 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 March 2000
- (27410) Grimmett
- (27420) Shontobegay
- (28608) Sblomquist
- (28610) Stephenriggs
- (33834) Hannahkaplan
- (47851) Budine