(27309) Serenamccalla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Serena McCalla mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Serenamccalla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Serenamccalla is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27309 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC233 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 5.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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