(26246) Mikelake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Lake mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikelake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikelake is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26246 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QN46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.97 km (#10,664 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 2.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.944 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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