(27147) Mercedessosa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009) was an Argentinian popular singer, also known as La Negra by her fans. She renewed South American folk music, interpreting, among others, songs from Atahualpa Yupanqui and Violetta Parra. She was a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO in South America and the Caribbean.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mercedessosa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mercedessosa is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27147 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.12 km (#10,408 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.134 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00828 |
| Inclination | 8.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Mercedes
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Also discovered on 17 December 1998
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- (15053) Bochnicek
- (21602) Ialmenus
- (31389) Alexkaplan
- (47078) Llebaria
- (49439) Jeanlouispala
- (56067) Argerich