(35427) Chelseawang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chelsea Wang (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her materials science team project. She attended the Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chelseawang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chelseawang is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35427 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,520 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.103 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 2.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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