(26271) Lindapuster Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Linda Puster mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindapuster is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindapuster is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26271 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RW63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,257 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 5.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.917 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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