(27302) Jeankobis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jean A. Kobis mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Williamsville High School East, East Amherst, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeankobis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeankobis is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27302 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA171 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.19 km (#16,792 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.442 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0317 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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