(26235) Annemaduggan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Annemarie Duggan mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Annemaduggan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annemaduggan is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26235
Provisional designation1998 QU18
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.43
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.10 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.0998
Inclination6.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

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

Also named after someone called Annemarie

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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