(26634) Balasubramanian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anirudha Balasubramanian (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematical-sciences project. He attends the Saint Albans School, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Balasubramanian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Balasubramanian is 3.34 au from the Sun and 4.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26634 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HX51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,511 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Rotation period | 7.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 0.527° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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