(27520) Rounds Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Hannah Rounds (b. 1987) is the Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager at Lowell Observatory. She acquires funding from organizations for astronomy research, educational activities, historic preservation, and capital projects. She previously served as a Development Assistant and as Grant Writer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rounds is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rounds is 3.42 au from the Sun and 4.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27520 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HL26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.93 km (#5,808 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.106 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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