(27791) Masaru Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 February 1993 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.
Masaru Kubota (b. 1959) is a broadcaster at a television station and a certified weather forecaster. He makes an effort to popularize science and astronomy through his weather reports.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masaru is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masaru is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27791 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 DD1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.07 km (#15,032 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.565 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0558 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.