(27386) Chadcampbell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chad Robert Campbell (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his biochemistry, medicine, health science and microbiology project. He attends the Topsail Middle School, Hampstead, North Carolina.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chadcampbell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chadcampbell is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27386 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EO85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.23 km (#16,731 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.356 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0854 |
| Inclination | 6.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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