(27103) Sungwoncho Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sung Won Cho (b. 1992) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his animal-sciences project. He attends the Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sungwoncho is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sungwoncho is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27103 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VB15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 2.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.887 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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