(26513) Newberry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
William Cummings Newberry (b. 1991) was awarded first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials-and-bioengineering project. He attends the Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Newberry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Newberry is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26513 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CP47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 48.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0874 |
| Inclination | 5.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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