(26301) Hellawillis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hella Willis mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hellawillis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hellawillis is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26301 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SB136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 3.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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