(26761) Stromboli

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( 26761 ) Stromboli is one of the main asteroid belt, which was named after the Mediterranean island of Stromboli volcano. He was discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels.

The asteroid belongs to the Hilda group, that is, it moves in an orbital resonance of 3:2 with the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Namesake of this group is the asteroid (153 ) Hilda.

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