(27452) Nikhilpatel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nikhil Sanjay Patel (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Sanford Middle School, Sanford, Florida.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nikhilpatel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nikhilpatel is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27452 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GS25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.57 km (#7,043 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 1.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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