(26393) Scaffa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alejandro Mariano Scaffa (b. 1992) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Escola Americana de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scaffa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scaffa is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26393 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VT35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.94 km (#17,094 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 2.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.974 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alejandro
All asteroids named after someone called Alejandro
Also discovered on 3 November 1999
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- (17186) Sergivanov
- (20673) Janelle
- (20685) Sanchez-Cano
- (21913) Taylorjones
- (21914) Melakabinoff
- (21915) Lavins
- (21919) Luga
- (21921) Camdenmiller
- (21922) Mocz
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