(25613) Bubenicek Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Petr Bubeníček (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering team project. He attends the Gymnazium Aloise Jiraska, Litomyšl, Czech Republic.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bubenicek is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bubenicek is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25613
Provisional designation2000 AL24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.16 km (#14,804 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.213
Absolute magnitude (H)14.98
Orbital period4.38 years
Semi-major axis2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.46 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.0789
Inclination3.20°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.46 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Petr

Also discovered on 3 January 2000

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