(26689) Smorrison Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephen J. Morrison (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics-and-astronomy team project. He attends the Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Smorrison is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Smorrison is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26689 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FD56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0207 |
| Inclination | 4.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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