(26200) Van Doren Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamin Mark Van Doren (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his animal-sciences project. He attends the White Plains High School, White Plains, New York.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Van Doren is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Van Doren is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26200 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GF17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.41 km (#14,204 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.289 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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