(26660) Samahalpern Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Brooke Halpern (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health-sciences project. She attends the Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samahalpern is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samahalpern is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26660 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VG33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,685 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.184 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0876 |
| Inclination | 9.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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