(26667) Sherwinwu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sherwin Zhang Wu (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 Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sherwinwu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sherwinwu is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26667 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 AS41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.21 km (#12,234 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.120 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 4.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.