(26441) Nanayakkara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ganindu Nanayakkara (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer-science project. He attends the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nanayakkara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanayakkara is 3.44 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26441 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AX33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.67 km (#6,916 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Rotation period | 4.85 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 January 2000
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