(26451) Khweis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Majdolene Ziad Khweis (b. 1993) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth-science project. She attends the Taos High School, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Khweis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Khweis is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26451 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AB86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.43 km (#16,396 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 2.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.929 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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