(25642) Adiseshan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tara Anjali Adiseshan (b. 1994) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She also received the Intel Young Scientist Award. She attends the Ramana Academy, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adiseshan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adiseshan is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25642 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AW65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.51 km (#13,934 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00734 |
| Inclination | 7.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tara
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Also discovered on 4 January 2000
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