(27182) Korinotenmondai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1999 by F. Uto at Kashihara.
Korinotenmondai is the Japanese name for the Korino Observatory in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The observatory was funded by Noriko Uto and donated to the city. A 0.4-m reflecting telescope was installed in the rooftop dome. The observatory opened in 2016.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #9, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Korinotenmondai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Korinotenmondai is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27182 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CL3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,876 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.77 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0687 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.