(26345) Gedankien Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tamara Gedankien (b. 1992) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral- and social-sciences project. She attends the Escola Brasileira Israelita Chaim Nachman Bialik, Sao Paulo, Brazil.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gedankien is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gedankien is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26345 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XQ77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,003 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.294 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 5.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.860 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tamara
All asteroids named after someone called Tamara
Also discovered on 15 December 1998
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- (14189) Sevre
- (14190) Soldan
- (21601) Aias
- (25309) Chrisauer
- (28196) Szeged
- (29674) Rausal
- (29675) Ippolitonievo
- (29687) Mohdreza
- (29690) Nistala