(26518) Bhuiyan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mubarrat Nuvid Bhuiyan (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her materials-and-bioengineering project. She attends the Jericho High School, Jericho, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bhuiyan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bhuiyan is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26518 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CM65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.00 km (#7,642 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 0.575° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 February 2000
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