(26934) Jordancotler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jordan Saul Cotler (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his physics and space-science project. He attends the Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jordancotler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jordancotler is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26934 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EV33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 28.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0832 |
| Inclination | 6.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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