(25542) Garabedian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wayne Garabedian mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Clovis West High School, Fresno, California.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garabedian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garabedian is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25542 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XH160 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.73 km (#15,803 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Rotation period | 10.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0923 |
| Inclination | 6.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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