(26682) Evanfletcher Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Evan Haley Fletcher (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics-and-astronomy project. He attends the Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Evanfletcher is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evanfletcher is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26682 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FV8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 3.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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