(27390) Kyledavis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kyle McKay Davis (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 Walnut Middle School, Sunbury, Ohio.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kyledavis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kyledavis is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27390
Provisional designation2000 EC87
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.28
Orbital period3.43 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.155
Inclination6.92°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.926 au

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

Also named after someone called Kyle

Also discovered on 8 March 2000

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