(27048) Jangong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jan Jiawei Gong (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search and was also awarded first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. She attends the Garden City Senior High School, Garden City, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jangong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jangong is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27048 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RO80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,778 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0958 |
| Inclination | 6.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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