(26197) Bormio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by Manca, F., Sicoli, P. at Sormano.
Bormio is a very ancient and pleasant village in the Rhaetian Alps, 200 km from Milan. It hosts a biennial meeting on planetary sciences, and the name was suggested by A. Manara on the occasion of the fourth meeting in the series.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bormio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bormio is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26197 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.12 km (#16,900 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.432 |
| Rotation period | 3.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 4.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.790 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.