(27349) Enos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Heather Enos (b. 1968) is the Project Planning and Control Officer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return mission. She was Project Manager for the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix Mars Mission, GRS on Mars Odyssey, and the ground data system for the MESSENGER XRS/GRS and LRO LEND instruments.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-08-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Enos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Enos is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27349 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DS15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.54 km (#9,654 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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