(27289) Myrahalpin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Myra Halpin mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the North Carolina School Of Science And Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Myrahalpin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Myrahalpin is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27289 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AF126 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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