(26691) Lareegardner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Laree Danielle Gardner (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics-and-astronomy team project. She attends the Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lareegardner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lareegardner is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26691 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FZ76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.14 km (#16,864 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 2001
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- (25955) Radway
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- (25957) Davidconnell
- (25958) Battams
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