(26711) Rebekahbau Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rebekah Bau (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant-sciences team project. She attends the Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rebekahbau is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rebekahbau is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26711 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FQ170 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.73 km (#9,337 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.103 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 8.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.