(26259) Marzigliano Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gerard Marzigliano mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Division Avenue High School, Levittown, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marzigliano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marzigliano is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26259 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QK108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 5.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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