(27896) Tourminator Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1996 by Galad, A., Pravda, A. at Modra.
Peter Sagan (b. 1990) is a Slovak road cyclist. One of his nicknames is the Tourminator due to several stage wins and good placing in the points classification of top races. He was a winner of the Green jersey in the Tour de France in 2012, 2013 and 2014.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tourminator is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tourminator is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27896 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 NB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,703 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.169 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0929 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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