(27453) Crystalpoole Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Crystal Rennae Poole (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her physical sciences project. She attends the Thurgood Marshall Middle School, San Diego, California.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crystalpoole is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crystalpoole is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27453 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GN26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0943 |
| Inclination | 1.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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