(27374) Yim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
P. J. Yim mentored a finalist in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yim is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27374 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ER47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,778 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.168 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0663 |
| Inclination | 1.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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