(26652) Klinglesmith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Daniel A. Klinglesmith III (b. 1939) received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Indiana University in 1967 and has devoted himself to both youth science education and asteroid rotation studies at Etscorn Observatory of New Mexico Tech, a site of the asteroid-oriented Summer Science Program.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klinglesmith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klinglesmith is 3.29 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26652 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QH219 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.04 km (#10,532 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.187 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.259 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.955 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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