(27381) Balasingam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Namrata Ramya Balasingam (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her physical sciences project. She attends the Challenger School, Strawberry Park, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Balasingam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Balasingam is 2.63 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27381 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ES64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.15 km (#14,837 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0350 |
| Inclination | 4.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Namrata
All asteroids named after someone called Namrata
Also discovered on 10 March 2000
- (15131) Alanalda
- (15132) Steigmeyer
- (15145) Ritageorge
- (25858) Donherbert
- (26586) Harshaw
- (27382) Justinbarber
- (27412) Teague
- (28568) Jacobjohnson
- (28569) Kallenbach
- (28575) McQuaid
- (30060) Davidseong
- (30061) Vishnushankar