(26940) Quintero Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Oliver Adolfo Quintero (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the John Cooper School, The Woodlands, Texas.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Quintero is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Quintero is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26940 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GC8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.05 km (#15,087 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 3.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 8.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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