(26255) Carmarques Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carlos Marques mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the State University of New York College of Technology at Farmingdale.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carmarques is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carmarques is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26255 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QW68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 6.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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