(27930) Nakamatsu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kathy Nakamatsu mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nakamatsu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nakamatsu is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27930 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GN6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.67 km (#11,291 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0478 |
| Inclination | 6.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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