(27354) Stiklaitis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Angela Stiklaitis mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Penn Manor High School, Millersville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stiklaitis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stiklaitis is 2.19 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27354 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DG75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.33 km (#7,278 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 1.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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