(26240) Leigheriks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Leigh Eriks mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Catholic Central High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leigheriks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leigheriks is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26240 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QX39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.53 km (#16,197 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 5.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.797 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
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- (10635) Chiragkumar
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- (11371) Camley
- (11372) Aditisingh
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