(26618) Yixinli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yixin Li (b. 1993) was awarded first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental-science team project. She attends the Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yixinli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yixinli is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26618 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GX24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.33 km (#7,284 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 1.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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