(27074) Etatolia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Eta Atolia (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Rickards High School, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Etatolia is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Etatolia is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27074
Provisional designation1998 SS132
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.14
Orbital period3.71 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.0842
Inclination7.37°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.22 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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