(27565) de Wet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Martin de Wet (b. 1952) earned a master's degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and worked on commercial, scientific, and governmental spacecraft. He worked in the space launch industry before retiring. Martin serves on Lowell Observatory's Advisory Board..Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #16, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where de Wet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: de Wet is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27565 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KX81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.69 km (#9,415 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.149 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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