(25892) Funabashi Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 November 2000 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
Funabashi City is located near Tokyo. There is good fishing offshore, and during the Edo era fish caught there were donated to the Shogun. Sports are popular in the city now, and it is the home town of several sports teams.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Funabashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Funabashi is 1.82 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25892 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WP9 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 2.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0802 |
| Inclination | 24.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.849 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.