(15625) Agrawal Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Malhaar Agrawal (b. 2002) was awarded first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attended the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Agrawal is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agrawal is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number15625
Provisional designation2000 HB35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.3
Orbital period4.14 years
Semi-major axis2.58 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination15.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.28 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 27 April 2000

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