(25609) Bogantes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fabiola Bogantes Jimenez (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering team project. She attends the Colegio Tecnico Profesional de San Sebastian, San Jose, Costa Rica.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bogantes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bogantes is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25609 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.42 km (#14,164 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 2.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Fabiola
All asteroids named after someone called Fabiola
Also discovered on 3 January 2000
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