(26671) Williamlopes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
William Lopes (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Williamlopes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Williamlopes is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26671 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 DQ73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.72 km (#13,410 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0290 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0675 |
| Inclination | 1.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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