(27343) Deannashea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Deanna Shea mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Shepton High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deannashea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deannashea is 2.09 au from the Sun and 1.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27343 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CT102 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.86 km (#15,530 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.341 |
| Rotation period | 96.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 4.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.908 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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