(26467) Jamespopper Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James Sinclair Popper (b. 1992) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical- and mechanical-engineering project. He attends the Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jamespopper is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jamespopper is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26467 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AX142 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.06 km (#15,073 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 5.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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