(26302) Zimolzak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matt Zimolzak mentored a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the William Fremd High School, Palatine, Illinois.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zimolzak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zimolzak is 2.36 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26302 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ST142 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.23 km (#16,728 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.324 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 1.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.904 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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