(26666) Justinto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Justin To (b. 1992) was awarded first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health-sciences project. He attends the Oak Grove High School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Justinto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Justinto is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26666 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YN97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 4.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.915 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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