(27787) Andokazuma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kazuma Ando (b. 1984) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and was an employee of the Sendai Space Museum in Satsumasendai City from 2009 to 2019. He currently works for a weather company and is a leading local volunteer for the popularization of astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andokazuma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andokazuma is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27787 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 UO6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.51 km (#5,405 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 8.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 October 1992
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- (6459) Hidesan
- (7475) Kaizuka
- (10802) Masamifuruya
- (11546) Miyoshimachi
- (13565) Yotakanashi
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