(26548) Joykutty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anna Maria Joykutty (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her energy-and-transportation project. She attends the American Heritage School, Plantation, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joykutty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joykutty is 3.03 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26548 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DF56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.09 km (#7,524 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0265 |
| Inclination | 7.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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