(27440) Colekendrick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Coleman J. Kendrick (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos, New Mexico.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Colekendrick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Colekendrick is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27440 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FD39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 4.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Coleman
All asteroids named after someone called Coleman
Also discovered on 29 March 2000
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