(28667) Whithagins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Whitney Hagins mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Whithagins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Whithagins is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28667 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GW53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 4.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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