(28636) Vasudevan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sahana Vasudevan (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her mathematics project. She is homeschooled at the Gnyanam Academy, Palo Alto, California.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vasudevan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vasudevan is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28636 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FK45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 5.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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