(26946) Ziziyu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Zizi Yu (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ziziyu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ziziyu is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26946 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GG23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.47 km (#16,320 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.728 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 8.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.982 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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