(26459) Shinsubin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shin Subin (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth-science team project. She attends the Damyang High School, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shinsubin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shinsubin is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26459 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AD117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.75 km (#17,250 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.303 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0979 |
| Inclination | 7.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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