(26329) Cleoabram Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 November 1998 by CSS at Catalina.

Cleo Abram (b. 1993) is an American YouTube science educator. She is known for her positive take on modern challenges covering subjects across science and technology. She launched her YouTube channel Huge If True in 2020, which now has 7 million subscribers. Cleo graduated from Columbia University in 2015 with a degree in political science.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Cleoabram is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cleoabram is 1.69 au from the Sun and 0.895 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26329
Provisional designation1998 WC1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.33 km (#11,993 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.285
Absolute magnitude (H)13.83
Orbital period3.51 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.68 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.271
Inclination22.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.838 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 16 November 1998

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