(26733) Nanavisitor Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 April 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.

Nana Visitor (b. 1957) is a talented actress who started her career on the stage, but most of her work appeared on television. She is most famous for playing the role of Major Kira Nerys in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nanavisitor is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanavisitor is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26733
Provisional designation2001 HC16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.68 km (#15,902 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.355
Absolute magnitude (H)14.93
Orbital period4.19 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity0.156
Inclination2.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.18 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 22 April 2001

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