(26450) Tanyapetach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tanya Nicole Petach (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth-science project. She attends the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanyapetach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanyapetach is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26450 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.80 km (#13,208 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0658 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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