(25416) Chyanwen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wen Chyan (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, Texas.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chyanwen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chyanwen is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25416 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VY58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.64 km (#15,974 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0359 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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