(27323) Julianewman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Julia Newman mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Julianewman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Julianewman is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27323
Provisional designation2000 CG25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.84 km (#15,570 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.288
Absolute magnitude (H)15.09
Orbital period4.29 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.51 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.0491
Inclination9.49°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.51 au

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

Also named after someone called Julia

Also discovered on 2 February 2000

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