(25742) Amandablanco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Amanda Blanco (b. 1933) is a photographer who has volunteered at Lowell since 2011. Her projects have included photographing Lowell children's summer camps and Observatory special events. Her current project is photographing flowers and trees on the Observatory campus to be used in future outdoor signage.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amandablanco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amandablanco is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25742 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AV228 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 15.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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