(26248) Longenecker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nevin Longenecker mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Longenecker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Longenecker is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26248 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QZ48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 2.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.885 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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