(26505) Olextokarev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Olexandr Tokarev (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental-management project. He attends the Chemical Ecological Lyceum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Olextokarev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olextokarev is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26505 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CX21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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