(27425) Bakker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
American paleontologist Robert T. Bakker (b. 1945) was instrumental in developing modern theories about dinosaurs and the warm-blooded behavior of some types of dinosaurs. His book The Dinosaur Heresies (1986) brought these new ideas to the public and lay scientists, and he was a consultant for the movie Jurassic Park.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bakker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bakker is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27425 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EP198 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.16 km (#16,833 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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