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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. G. Comba |
| Discovery site | Prescott |
| Discovery date | April 12, 2000 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 27500 |
| Named after | Benoît Mandelbrot |
| Alternate name(s) | 2000 GW132 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.7994049 |
| Peri | 2.5376191 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1991133 |
| Orbital period | 2060.0675645 |
| Mean anomaly | 21.35470 |
| Inclination | 1.39041 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 40.81528 |
| Argument of peri | 330.03596 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
27500 Mandelbrot (2000 GW132) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 12, 2000 by P. G. Comba at Prescott. It is named for mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot.
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