(27522) Lenkenyon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Leonard Kenyon mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Tippecanoe Middle School, Tipp City , Ohio.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lenkenyon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lenkenyon is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27522 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HF29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0555 |
| Inclination | 3.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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