(26939) Jiachengli Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jiacheng Li (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his computer-science project. He attends the Arcadia High School, Arcadia, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jiachengli is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jiachengli is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26939
Provisional designation1997 FZ4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.68
Orbital period3.67 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.51 au
Eccentricity0.0570
Inclination5.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.25 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 31 March 1997

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