(27327) Lindaplante Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Linda Plante mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Woodbury High School, Woodbury, Minnesota, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindaplante is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindaplante is 2.27 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27327 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CW37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 1.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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