(26300) Herbweiss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Herb Weiss mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the South Side High School, Rockville Centre, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Herbweiss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herbweiss is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26300 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ST134 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0831 |
| Inclination | 2.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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