(26659) Skirda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Olga Y. Skirda (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health-sciences project. She attends the Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Skirda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skirda is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26659 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VY29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 4.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.832 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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