(28366) Verkuil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robert Huntington Verkuil (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Roy C. Ketcham High School, Wappingers Falls, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Verkuil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Verkuil is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28366 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GA16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.15 km (#7,460 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 5.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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