(25418) Deshmukh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aniruddha Sandeep Deshmukh (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his botany project. He attends the Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deshmukh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deshmukh is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25418 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VG66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| 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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