(27280) Manettedavies Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Manette Davies mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Walnut High School, Walnut, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Manettedavies is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manettedavies is 2.29 au from the Sun and 1.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27280
Provisional designation2000 AJ65
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.42 km (#14,167 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.239
Absolute magnitude (H)14.94
Orbital period3.43 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.21 – 2.34 au
Eccentricity0.0301
Inclination3.95°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.22 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 4 January 2000

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