(27551) Pelayo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Heather Pelayo mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Challenger School, Strawberry Park, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pelayo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pelayo is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27551 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JU31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0413 |
| Inclination | 2.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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