(26851) Sarapul Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Sarapul, a Russian city on the Kama river, was founded in the late sixteenth century and served as a trade center on the road to Siberia.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sarapul is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sarapul is 3.44 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26851 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 OV5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.05 km (#8,855 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.614 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.268 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.989 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.