(26188) Zengqingcun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Zeng Qingcun (b. 1935) is a leading atmospheric scientist and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is one of the founders of modern numerical weather forecast by using atmospheric primitive equations in the world, and won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China in 2019.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zengqingcun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zengqingcun is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26188 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 YE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 118 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0923 |
| Inclination | 4.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.