(27372) Ujifusa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Allannah Ujifusa mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Cupertino High School, Cupertino, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ujifusa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ujifusa is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27372 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EW42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.56 km (#8,170 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 0.857° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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