(27238) Keenanmonks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Keenan Monks (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematical-sciences project. He attends the Hazleton Area High School, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keenanmonks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keenanmonks is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27238 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RL173 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.14 km (#12,391 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Rotation period | 94.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0461 |
| Inclination | 6.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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