(26261) Tinafreeman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Tina Freeman (b. 1955) has volunteered in the Lowell Observatory Archives since 2012. She has organized and cataloged the correspondence of Lowell Observatory historian William Graves Hoyt.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tinafreeman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tinafreeman is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26261 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RL6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.30 km (#14,469 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 2.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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