(27439) Kamimura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jordan Roy Kamimura (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his animal and plant sciences project. He attends the Hilo Intermediate School, Hilo, Hawaii.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kamimura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamimura is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27439 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FW38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0812 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jordan
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Also discovered on 29 March 2000
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