(25864) Banic Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 2000 by P. Kusnirak at Ondrejov.
Štefan Banič (1870-1941) invented the parachute. In 1913 he constructed a prototype of a parachute and tested it in Washington, D.C., by jumping from a 41-floor building. In 1914 he jumped from an airplane.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Banic is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Banic is 3.30 au from the Sun and 4.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25864 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GR82 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.92 km (#5,819 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.84 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0822 |
| Inclination | 3.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.