(26671) Williamlopes

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Asteroid
(26671) Williamlopes
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3840  AU
eccentricity 0.0662
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2263 AU - 2.5417 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.4314 °
Sidereal period 3.68 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.2 mag
history
Explorer LINEAR
Date of discovery February 19, 2001
Another name 2001 DQ73, 1995 QO 1 , 1999 Item 258
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(26671) Williamlopes is a major belt asteroid .

He was discovered on February 19, 2001 by LINEAR in Socorro .

The asteroid is named after William Lopes (* 1989), the runner-up in a competition at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2010.

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