(25992) Benjamensun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamen Chang Sun (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his environmental science project. He attends the Red River High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benjamensun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benjamensun is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25992 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FT78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 7.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.944 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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