(27072) Aggarwal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amol Aggarwal (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematical sciences project. He attends the Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aggarwal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aggarwal is 2.22 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27072 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SS117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.60 km (#7,012 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Rotation period | 7.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 2.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.954 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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