(26507) Mikelin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Lin (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental-management team project. He attends the Robert Louis Stevenson Upper School, Pebble Beach, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikelin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikelin is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26507 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CC29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.44 km (#9,819 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Rotation period | 1.15 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 1.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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