(27589) Paigegentry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Paige Maree Gentry (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her animal and plant sciences project. She attends the Irion County ISD, Mertzon, Texas.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paigegentry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paigegentry is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27589 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YV95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0833 |
| Inclination | 0.995° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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