(28037) Williammonts Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
William Lowell Monts (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Cross Schools, Bluffton, South Carolina.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Williammonts is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Williammonts is 2.42 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28037 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FS33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.80 km (#11,010 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 1.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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