(27336) Mikequinn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mike Quinn mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Sunset High School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikequinn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikequinn is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27336 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CZ88 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.12 km (#16,902 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.433 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0647 |
| Inclination | 5.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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