(28889) Turrentine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Kathryn Turrentine (b. 1998) is an Educator at Lowell Observatory. She engages with guests giving walking tours and talks about astronomical topics. Operating telescopes, she has excited visitors with views of the night sky. She has also worked as a Safety Tech at the Lowell Discovery Telescope.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #15, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Turrentine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Turrentine is 3.29 au from the Sun and 4.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28889 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KQ63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.06 km (#8,836 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0862 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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