(26238) Elduval Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Duval mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elduval is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elduval is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26238 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,970 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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