(26400) Roshanpalli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Roshan Palli (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular- and molecular-biology team project. He attends the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Roshanpalli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Roshanpalli is 1.99 au from the Sun and 0.998 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26400 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VJ190 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.79 km (#17,226 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.127 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 5.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.946 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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