(27588) Wegley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Wegley mentored a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Walnut Springs Middle School, Westerville, Ohio.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wegley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wegley is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27588 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YP10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.69 km (#8,014 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0126 |
| Inclination | 4.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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