(25657) Berkowitz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hannah M Berkowitz (b. 1993) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management team project. She attends the Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Berkowitz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Berkowitz is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25657 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AM87 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.01 km (#6,572 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 2.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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