(27330) Markporter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mark Porter mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Markporter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Markporter is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27330 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CY52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,744 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 3.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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