(26448) Tongjili Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tongji Li (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth-science project. She attends the Hershey High School, Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tongjili is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tongjili is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26448 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0650 |
| Inclination | 4.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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