(27356) Mattstrom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Strom mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Basha High School, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mattstrom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mattstrom is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27356 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DK88 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.66 km (#13,544 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0891 |
| Inclination | 1.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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