(27083) Alethialittle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Alethia Little (b. 1987) is the Multi-Cultural Outreach Facilitator at Lowell Observatory and educator/manager for the Native American Astronomy Outreach Program (NAAOP). She draws on her Navajo background to initiate and run NAAOP's book club, role models, summer and winter camps, and other innovations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alethialittle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alethialittle is 2.36 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27083 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TG32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.11 km (#16,904 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.433 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0705 |
| Inclination | 2.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.