(27433) Hylak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamin Lourdes Hylak (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his engineering project. He attends the Sacred Heart School, Oxford, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hylak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hylak is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27433 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FM32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.74 km (#6,835 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Rotation period | 161 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 5.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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