(27466) Cargibaysal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cargi Baysal mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the School of Science and Technology, Corpus Christi, Texas.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cargibaysal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cargibaysal is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27466 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GJ65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,386 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 9.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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