(27387) Chhabra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ria Chhabra (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her biochemistry, medicine, health science and microbiology project. She attends the Renner Middle School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chhabra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chhabra is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27387 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ES85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.03 km (#12,651 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0475 |
| Inclination | 3.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ria
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Also discovered on 8 March 2000
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- (18891) Kamler
- (27368) Raytesar
- (27372) Ujifusa
- (27386) Chadcampbell
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- (28555) Jenniferchan