(26761) Stromboli Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Stromboli is a volcanic island off northern Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea. In antiquity the volcano was called “the lighthouse of Mediterrania”. The most recent eruptions were in 1951 and 2000.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stromboli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stromboli is 3.47 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26761 |
| Provisional designation | 2033 P-L |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.8 km (#2,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Rotation period | 16.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
| Orbital period | 8.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 4.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.34 – 4.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 3.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites