(27348) Mink Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Ronald Mink (b. 1970) is the Deputy Project Systems Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He leads the design effort and detailed planning for spacecraft proximity operations around the asteroid. He also served as an Optical Engineer for NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

🐶 Mink as a dog name

Where Mink is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mink is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	27348
Provisional designation	2000 DX14
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.60 km (#16,059 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.413
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.63
Orbital period	3.46 years
Semi-major axis	2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.98 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity	0.136
Inclination	7.08°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.988 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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Also discovered on 26 February 2000

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