(27454) Samapaige Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Paige Rowland (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her animal and plant sciences project. She attends the Tippecanoe Middle School, Tipp City , Ohio.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samapaige is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samapaige is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27454 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GM27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.78 km (#9,255 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 0.716° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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