(26012) Sanborn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jason Sanborn (b. 1975), Night Operations Manager at Lowell Observatory, leads the nightly operations teams at the Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) and the Naval Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI). Jason served as a DCT Operator, NPOI Observer and LONEOS Observer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sanborn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sanborn is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26012 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FG148 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,626 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.240 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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