(26396) Chengjingjie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cheng Jingjie (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her cellular- and molecular-biology project. She attends the Raffles Girls' School, Singapore.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chengjingjie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chengjingjie is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26396 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VQ169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.98 km (#8,964 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0563 |
| Inclination | 2.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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