(25648) Baghel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Prateek Singh Baghel (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the Shaker High School, Latham, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Baghel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baghel is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25648 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AJ77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.61 km (#16,049 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.237 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0523 |
| Inclination | 3.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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