(26266) Andrewmerrill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Merrill mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewmerrill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewmerrill is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26266 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RW47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0804 |
| Inclination | 6.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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