(27450) Monzon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Adriana S. Monzon (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Juan, Puerto Rico.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Monzon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Monzon is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27450 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GV16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0460 |
| Inclination | 1.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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