(25045) Baixuefei Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bai Xuefei (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the No. 2 High School Attached to East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Baixuefei is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baixuefei is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25045 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QU43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.55 km (#16,172 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Rotation period | 4.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 6.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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