(27602) Chaselewis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chase Douglas Lewis (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Lewis School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chaselewis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chaselewis is 2.07 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27602 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FA34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 2.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.929 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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