(27385) Andblonsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew C. Blonsky (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Price Creek Independent School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andblonsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andblonsky is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27385 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EC83 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.69 km (#15,892 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.323 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 6.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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