(26948) Annasato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anna Sato (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her materials-science project. She attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annasato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annasato is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26948 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GD38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.28 km (#16,651 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 7.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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