(27276) Davidblack Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David H. Black, Jr., mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidblack is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidblack is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27276 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.09 km (#14,997 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.353 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0778 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| 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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