(26293) Van Muyden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Van Muyden mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Davis Senior High School, Davis, California.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Van Muyden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Van Muyden is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26293 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SD110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.75 km (#13,342 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.316 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0363 |
| Inclination | 8.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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