(27748) Vivianhoette Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 1991 by Izumikawa, S., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.
Vivian Hoette, an educator at the Yerkes Observatory, holds astronomy workshops in the Midwestern U.S. She also contributes internationally by means of a live show between Yerkes and the Science Museum in Tokyo, where an afternoon audience in the latter can see the Yerkes night sky.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vivianhoette is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vivianhoette is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27748 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 AL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.45 km (#11,734 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 5.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.990 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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