(26269) Marciaprill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marcia Prill mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Madison High School, Madison, New Jersey.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marciaprill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marciaprill is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26269 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RG57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 57.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 2.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.959 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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