(25966) Akhilmathew Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Akhil Mathew (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematical sciences project. He attends the Madison High School, Madison, New Jersey.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akhilmathew is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akhilmathew is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25966 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FP28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.40 km (#16,455 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.337 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0505 |
| Inclination | 5.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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