(27338) Malaraghavan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mala Raghavan mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Harker School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Malaraghavan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Malaraghavan is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27338 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CD93 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.33 km (#11,981 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.163 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 9.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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