(27102) Emilychen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Emily Li Chen (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her microbiology project. She attends the Brownell-Talbot High School, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Emilychen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Emilychen is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27102 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VV7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,044 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.137 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0436 |
| Inclination | 4.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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