(9527) Sherrypervan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Sherry Pervan (b. 1964) contributed to NASA's Lucy mission as the Chair of the internal team mission concept review panels who helped improve the proposal to be selected by NASA.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #9, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sherrypervan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sherrypervan is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9527 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EH23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.80 km (#11,018 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Rotation period | 9.05 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 1.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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