(28695) Zwanzig Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Glenn “Skip” Zwanzig mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zwanzig is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zwanzig is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28695 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GP86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.03 km (#17,007 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.429 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0951 |
| Inclination | 4.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 April 2000
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- (27478) Kevinbloh
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- (27512) Gilstrap
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