(28118) Vaux Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Henry Vaux (b. 1940) published a photographic book in 2018, Legacy in Time, which took 20 years to complete. He also served for ten years as Associate Vice President at the University of California System. Henry has served on Lowell Observatory's Advisory Board for many years, giving generously of his time and talent to further Lowell's mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vaux is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vaux is 1.79 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28118 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SR57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.66 km (#15,938 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 3.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.697 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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