(26653) Amymeyer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amy Elizabeth Meyer (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health-sciences project. She attends the Oakville Senior High School, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amymeyer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amymeyer is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26653 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RY52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.66 km (#15,943 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.932 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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