(26332) Alyssehrlich Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Alyssa Chelsea Ehrlich (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal-sciences project. She attends the South Side High School, Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Alyssehrlich is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alyssehrlich is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26332
Provisional designation1998 WW10
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.08 km (#12,550 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.185
Rotation period8.21 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.89
Orbital period4.12 years
Semi-major axis2.57 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination4.39°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.25 au

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

Also named after someone called Alyssa

Also discovered on 21 November 1998

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