(25898) Alpoge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Levent Alpoge (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alpoge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alpoge is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25898 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YJ41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 8.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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