(27571) Bobscott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bob Scott mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Walnut Middle School, Sunbury, Ohio.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobscott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobscott is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27571 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QT204 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.83 km (#6,750 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0949 |
| Inclination | 6.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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