(28673) Valholmes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Valerie M. Holmes mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valholmes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valholmes is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28673 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GT56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,191 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 2.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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