(27396) Shuji Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 March 2000 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Shuji Nakamura (b. 1954), born in Ehime prefecture, is an electronics engineer best known as the inventor of the blue LED and the violet-blue laser, as well as for his work on gallium nitride. Nakamura has served as a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara since 1999.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shuji is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shuji is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27396 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EE101 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.9 km (#1,786 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.69 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0862 |
| Inclination | 22.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.