(26368) Alghunaim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Abdulaziz Khalid Alghunaim (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral- and social-sciences project. He attends the Asrary School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alghunaim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alghunaim is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26368 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CJ37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.26 km (#6,345 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Rotation period | 10.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 4.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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