(27399) Gehring Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jeff Gehring (b. 1980) is Lowell Observatory's Technical Facilities Manager, a position he has held since 2019. Prior to that, he was a Machinist and Instrument Maker. He is a vital member of the team that maintains a variety of research and outreach telescopes across multiple different sites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gehring is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gehring is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27399 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EC106 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.74 km (#15,779 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 7.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.957 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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