(27421) Nathanhan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nathan Han (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his biochemistry, medicine, health science and microbiology project. He attends the Jackson Mann K-8 School, Allston, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nathanhan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nathanhan is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27421 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EK164 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.72 km (#5,976 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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