(26002) Angelayeung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Angela Yu-Yun Yeung (b. 1992) 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 Davis Senior High School, Davis, California.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Angelayeung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Angelayeung is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26002 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FL103 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.18 km (#14,755 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.365 |
| Rotation period | 2.30 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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