(27495) Heatherfennell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Heather Fennell mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Topsail Middle School, Hampstead, North Carolina.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heatherfennell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heatherfennell is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27495 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GD114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.26 km (#6,336 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 4.92 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0333 |
| Inclination | 3.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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