(26604) Ensign Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Thomas Ensign (b. 1941) is a long-time member of the Lowell Advisory Board. Tom is a member of the Executive Committee and the Chair of the Marketing and Public Relations Committee. He supports Lowell's mission and Lowell's science camp for kids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #13, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ensign is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ensign is 3.30 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26604 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FO25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.00 km (#7,647 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.362 |
| Rotation period | 47.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 3.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.351 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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