(25656) Bejnood Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alborz Bejnood (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology team project. He attends the Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bejnood is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bejnood is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25656 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AF87 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.13 km (#12,424 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.180 |
| Rotation period | 5.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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