(27515) Gunnels Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kim Gunnels mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Renner Middle School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gunnels is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gunnels is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27515 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HM7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.28 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 2.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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