(27279) Boburan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David (Bo) Buran mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Albany Academies, Albany, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boburan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boburan is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27279 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AW62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 3.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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