(26656) Samarenae Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Renae Prabakaran (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health-sciences project. She attends the Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samarenae is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samarenae is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26656 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SN160 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 9.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.957 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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