(27410) Grimmett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria Elena Grimmett (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Weiss School, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grimmett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grimmett is 2.34 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27410 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EO136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.85 km (#17,188 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.516 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0782 |
| Inclination | 6.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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