(27233) Mahajan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohan Mahajan (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his materials-science project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mahajan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mahajan is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27233 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NP8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0785 |
| Inclination | 3.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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