(27375) Asirvatham Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Roshini Shreya Asirvatham (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Friedell Middle School, Rochester, Minnesota.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Asirvatham is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asirvatham is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27375
Provisional designation2000 ER49
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.93
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.85 – 2.76 au
Eccentricity0.198
Inclination7.70°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.858 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 9 March 2000

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