(25639) Fedina Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ksenia G. Fedina (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She attends the Moscow Chemical Lyceum #1303, Moscow, Russia.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fedina is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fedina is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25639
Provisional designation2000 AV64
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.05 km (#15,095 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.330
Absolute magnitude (H)14.79
Orbital period4.17 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.34 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.0957
Inclination4.07°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

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

Also named after someone called Ksenia

Also discovered on 4 January 2000

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