(28049) Yvonnealex Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yvonne Alexander mentored a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Hopkins Junior High School, Fremont, California.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yvonnealex is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yvonnealex is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28049
Provisional designation1998 HM94
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.44 km (#14,139 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.313
Absolute magnitude (H)14.36
Orbital period4.54 years
Semi-major axis2.74 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.32 – 3.16 au
Eccentricity0.153
Inclination8.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Yvonne

Also discovered on 21 April 1998

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