(26251) Kiranmanne Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kiran Manne mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kiranmanne is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kiranmanne is 2.10 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26251 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QG52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.80 km (#15,657 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.296 |
| Rotation period | 5.21 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.942 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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