(27384) Meaganbethel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meagan Alanna Bethel (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her animal and plant sciences project. She attends the Doolen Middle School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meaganbethel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meaganbethel is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27384 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ET81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0819 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Meagan
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Also discovered on 5 March 2000
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