(27413) Ambruster Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Carol Ambruster (1943-2013) did pioneering research on magnetic activity and flares of cool stars. She led Chaco Canyon work providing evidence for an early Navajo sun-watching tradition. Carol was the epitome of a perspicuous observer, with consummate interests also in music, art and history, and the natural world.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ambruster is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ambruster is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27413 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EW138 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.98 km (#17,053 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.858 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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