(26686) Ellenprice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ellen Marie Price (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics-and-astronomy project. She attends the Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ellenprice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ellenprice is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26686 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FT45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 1.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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