(25653) Baskaran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Akshai Baskaran (b. 1992) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his energy and transportation project. He attends the Kennewick High School, Kennewick, Washington, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Baskaran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baskaran is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25653 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AV84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.54 km (#13,862 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0328 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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