(27417) Jessjohnson Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Jess Johnson (b. 1966) is an observer as well as instrumentation specialist with the Catalina Sky Survey. He also contributed to the visible light adaptive optics platform at Lick Observatory.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jessjohnson is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessjohnson is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27417
Provisional designation2000 EN148
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.19
Orbital period5.22 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.34 – 3.68 au
Eccentricity0.222
Inclination4.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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