(25367) Cicek Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kazim Cicek mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. He teaches at the Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School, Hanover, Maryland.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Cicek is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cicek is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25367
Provisional designation1999 TC96
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.17 km (#10,315 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0660
Absolute magnitude (H)15.01
Orbital period3.88 years
Semi-major axis2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.29 – 2.65 au
Eccentricity0.0720
Inclination3.40°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.31 au

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

Also discovered on 2 October 1999

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