(27314) Janemcdonald Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jane McDonald mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Rickards High School, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janemcdonald is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janemcdonald is 2.16 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27314 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AG247 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.22 km (#14,663 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.142 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| Inclination | 7.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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