(26665) Sidjena Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Siddhartha Gautama Jena (b. 1994) was awarded first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health-sciences project. He attends the International Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sidjena is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sidjena is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26665
Provisional designation2000 YF60
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.67
Orbital period3.71 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.79 au
Eccentricity0.165
Inclination2.54°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

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

Also discovered on 30 December 2000

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