(27282) Deborahday Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Deborah Day mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deborahday is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deborahday is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27282 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AX91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 4.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.959 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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