(27368) Raytesar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Raymond Tesar mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raytesar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raytesar is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27368 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EW36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.69 km (#15,883 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.232 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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