(26549) Tankanran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tan Kan-Ran (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his energy-and-transportation team project. He attends the Beijing No. 4 High School, Beijing, China.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tankanran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tankanran is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26549 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DZ57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,011 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 5.42° |
| 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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