(27411) Laurenhall Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lauren Monet Hall (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the School of Science and Technology, Corpus Christi, Texas.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Laurenhall is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurenhall is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27411
Provisional designation2000 EF137
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.08 km (#15,020 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.296
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period3.70 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.0910
Inclination6.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.16 au

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

Also named after someone called Lauren

Also discovered on 13 March 2000

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