(26394) Kandola Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Manjinder Singh Kandola (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Jamaica, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kandola is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kandola is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26394 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VE53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.80 km (#7,875 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0730 |
| Inclination | 4.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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