(25695) Eileenjang Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Eileen Kao Jang (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science project. She attends the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Eileenjang is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eileenjang is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25695
Provisional designation2000 AD125
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.80 km (#11,023 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.160
Rotation period1.41 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.37
Orbital period5.10 years
Semi-major axis2.96 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.84 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity0.0437
Inclination9.81°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.83 au

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

Also named after someone called Eileen

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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