(27071) Rangwala Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alydaar Rangwala (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search and was also awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Albany Academies, Albany, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rangwala is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rangwala is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27071 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SA109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.49 km (#16,286 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.653 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 3.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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