(26578) Cellinekim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Celline Kim (b. 1992) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental-science project. She attends the Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cellinekim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cellinekim is 3.30 au from the Sun and 4.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26578 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EH92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.75 km (#9,289 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.194 |
| Rotation period | 6.90 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 9.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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