(27303) Leitner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Roxanne Leitner mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Ursuline Academy Of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leitner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leitner is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27303 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AT180 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.72 km (#15,818 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Rotation period | 38.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 5.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Roxanne
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Also discovered on 7 January 2000
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- (17211) Brianfisher
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- (17217) Pollner
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- (23135) Pheidas
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