(27465) Cambroziak Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Carole Ambroziak mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Doolen Middle School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Cambroziak is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cambroziak is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27465
Provisional designation2000 GB62
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.54 km (#13,851 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.245
Absolute magnitude (H)14.75
Orbital period4.32 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.57 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.0312
Inclination3.54°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

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

Also named after someone called Carole

Also discovered on 5 April 2000

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