(27241) Sunilpai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sunil Kochikar Pai (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sunilpai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sunilpai is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27241 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TP93 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.26 km (#16,684 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.316 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0788 |
| Inclination | 6.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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