(26201) Sayonisaha Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sayoni Saha (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her behavioral and social-sciences project. She attends the Gretchen Whitney High School, Cerritos, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sayonisaha is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sayonisaha is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26201
Provisional designation1997 GD24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.79
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.21 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.0965
Inclination6.56°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.21 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 6 April 1997

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