(26922) Samara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The 580-km Samara river, with its source in the foothills of the Urals, flows northwest and joins the Volga at the city of Samara.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Samara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samara is 3.54 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26922 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TD40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,734 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 4.16 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1996
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