(26273) Kateschafer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Schafer mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kateschafer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kateschafer is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26273 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RD71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.46 km (#16,346 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.169 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 7.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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