(27572) Shurtleff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eileen Shurtleff mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the St. Mary's Catholic School, Mansfield, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shurtleff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shurtleff is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27572 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QS227 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.21 km (#7,406 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0257 |
| Inclination | 1.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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