(26382) Charlieduke Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 June 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Charles Moss “Charlie” Duke, Jr. (b. 1935) is a retired American astronaut, test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer. In 1972 he became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, serving as lunar module pilot for the Apollo 16 mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-05-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charlieduke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charlieduke is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26382 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LT32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 22.9 km (#1,860 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Rotation period | 7.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 21.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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