(27457) Tovinkere Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Mahita Gauri Tovinkere (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the Stoller Middle School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tovinkere is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tovinkere is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27457
Provisional designation2000 GP39
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.78
Orbital period4.35 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.56 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.0387
Inclination3.12°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.57 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 5 April 2000

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