(27244) Parthasarathy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nikhil Parthasarathy (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Parthasarathy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Parthasarathy is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27244 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VA34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.02 km (#12,687 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 2.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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