(26199) Aileenperry Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aileen Perry mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. She teaches at the Gretchen Whitney High School, Cerritos, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aileenperry is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aileenperry is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26199
Provisional designation1997 GP13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.24
Orbital period3.61 years
Semi-major axis2.35 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity0.0496
Inclination3.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 3 April 1997

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