(26233) Jimbraun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jim Braun mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jimbraun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jimbraun is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26233 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QS11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0648 |
| Inclination | 4.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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