(26557) Aakritijain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aakriti Jain (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her energy-and-transportation team project. She attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aakritijain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aakritijain is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26557 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DS107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.25 km (#14,601 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.119 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 3.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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