(26612) Sunsetastro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Founded in 1975, the Sunset Astronomical Society serves the Saginaw-Bay City-Midland tri-cities area of mid-Michigan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sunsetastro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sunsetastro is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26612 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FL55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.68 km (#13,510 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.355 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| 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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