(27236) Millermatt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Miller (b. 1992) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his materials and bioengineering project. He attends the Western Alamance High School, Elon, North Carolina, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Millermatt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Millermatt is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27236 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RU96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.72 km (#15,815 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0680 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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