(26502) Traviscole Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Travis Cole Sylvester (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental-management project. He attends the Greybull High School, Greybull, Wyoming, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Traviscole is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Traviscole is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26502 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CQ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 2.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.991 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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