(27264) Frankclayton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Frank Clayton Anderson, III, mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Frankclayton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frankclayton is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27264 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ205 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.47 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 8.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.967 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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