(27091) Alisonbick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alison Dana Bick (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her materials and bioengineering project. She attends the Millburn High School, Millburn, New Jersey, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alisonbick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alisonbick is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27091 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UY21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.20 km (#12,262 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 9.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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