(27446) Landoni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Grace Landoni (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her animal and plant sciences project. She attends the Sequim Middle School, Sequim, Washington.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Landoni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Landoni is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27446 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FJ60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 7.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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