(27197) Andrewliu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Bo Liu (b. 1994) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioinformatics and genomics project. He attends the Henry M. Gunn Senior High School, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewliu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewliu is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27197 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CW65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0752 |
| Inclination | 1.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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