(27121) Joardar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rounok Joardar (b. 1994) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his materials and bioengineering project. He attends the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joardar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joardar is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27121 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WV10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.67 km (#15,925 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.358 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0276 |
| Inclination | 1.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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