(26942) Nealkuhn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Neal Kuhn mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nealkuhn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nealkuhn is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26942 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GM12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.77 km (#13,281 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 3.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.806 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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