(25823) Dentrujillo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dennis Paul Trujillo (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics team project. He attends the McCurdy High School, Espanola, New Mexico, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dentrujillo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dentrujillo is 2.92 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25823 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DV73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.90 km (#5,834 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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