(26945) Sushko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrey Sushko (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his engineering project. He attends the Hanford High School, Richland, Washington.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sushko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sushko is 1.92 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26945 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GE22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,318 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.431 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.220 |
| Inclination | 6.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.825 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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