(25560) Chaihaoxi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chai Haoxi (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences team project. He attends the No.1 High School Attached to Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chaihaoxi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chaihaoxi is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25560 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XD173 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 8.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.955 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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