(26005) Alicezhao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alice Wei Zhao (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials and bioengineering project. She attends the Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alicezhao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alicezhao is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26005 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FO109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 3.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.955 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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