(27344) Vesevlada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 February 2000 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Vladimír Veselý (b. 1933) was the director of the Bee Research Institute at Dol from 1970 to 1997. He has gained recognition for the spreading of the docile Carnica bee in the Czech Republic and for the control of the bee disease Varroa mite through the development of medicines and a national organization.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vesevlada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vesevlada is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27344 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,740 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 2.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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