(26688) Wangenevieve Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Genevieve Ying Wang (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics-and-astronomy team project. She attends the Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wangenevieve is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wangenevieve is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26688 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FZ54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0285 |
| Inclination | 2.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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