(27141) Krystleleung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Krystle M. Leung (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her environmental-science project. She attends the Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krystleleung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krystleleung is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27141 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XT52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.18 km (#14,765 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.278 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 7.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 December 1998
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