(27423) Dennisbowers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Dennis Bowers (b. 1953) is a valued, long-time technician of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, providing electronic engineering for spacecraft and ground-based observing instrumentation and up-to-date audio-visual support for classes, conferences, and meetings.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-05-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dennisbowers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dennisbowers is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27423 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EM177 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.03 km (#17,005 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.324 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 5.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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