(26522) Juliapoje Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Julia Elizabeth Poje (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her materials-and-bioengineering project. She attends the Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Juliapoje is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliapoje is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26522
Provisional designation2000 CZ83
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.07 km (#5,702 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0450
Rotation period12.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.08
Orbital period5.16 years
Semi-major axis2.99 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.63 – 3.34 au
Eccentricity0.118
Inclination1.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.62 au

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

Also named after someone called Julia

Also discovered on 4 February 2000

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