(26642) Schlenoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Philip Samuel Schlenoff (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health-sciences project. He attends the Maclay School, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schlenoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schlenoff is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26642 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JJ55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.00 km (#12,729 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0474 |
| Inclination | 2.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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