(27981) 1997 UK₂₁

(27981) 1997 UK₂₁ is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered through the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at the Xinglong Station in the Chinese province of Hebei on October 20, 1997.^[1] It is usually about 2.72 AU away from Earth and has an orbital period of 14.6 Julian years.

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(27980) 1997 UA21•(27981) 1997 UK21• (27982) 1997 UH22

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