(26611) Madzlandon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Madeline Maley Landon (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental-science project. She attends the Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Madzlandon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Madzlandon is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26611 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FT41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.67 km (#13,533 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.361 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0424 |
| Inclination | 7.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Madeline
All asteroids named after someone called Madeline
Also discovered on 29 March 2000
- (15155) Ahn
- (15160) Wygoda
- (15553) Carachang
- (15554) Chenhuaipu
- (16234) Bosse
- (20764) Witasse
- (27433) Hylak
- (27434) Anirudhjain
- (27438) Carolynjons
- (27439) Kamimura
- (27440) Colekendrick
- (27446) Landoni