(25799) Anmaschlegel Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Angela Marie Schlegel (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Tucson High Magnet School, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Anmaschlegel is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anmaschlegel is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25799
Provisional designation2000 CC83
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.06 km (#10,498 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.228
Rotation period4.38 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.09
Orbital period4.95 years
Semi-major axis2.91 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.79 – 3.02 au
Eccentricity0.0399
Inclination3.23°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.77 au

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

Also named after someone called Angela

Also discovered on 4 February 2000

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