(26546) Arulmani Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dheevesh Arulmani (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his energy-and-transportation project. He attends the Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arulmani is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arulmani is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26546 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DH41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.87 km (#9,123 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0125 |
| Inclination | 3.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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