(25907) Capodilupo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
John Vincenzo Capodilupo (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Catholic Central High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Capodilupo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Capodilupo is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25907 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 AR20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,842 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.265 |
| Rotation period | 6.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 6.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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