(27208) Jennyliu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jenny Jiaqi Liu (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her computer-science project. She attends the Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jennyliu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jennyliu is 3.22 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27208 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CF104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 9.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 1.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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