(25800) Glukhovsky Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lisa Doreen Glukhovsky (b. 1986), a 2004 Talent finalist, was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth and space sciences project. Recipient of the Young Scientist Award, she attends the New Milford High School, New Milford, Connecticut.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Glukhovsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Glukhovsky is 4.16 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25800
Provisional designation2000 CG83
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter16.3 km (#2,822 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0350
Absolute magnitude (H)13.1
Orbital period7.97 years
Semi-major axis3.99 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.49 – 4.49 au
Eccentricity0.125
Inclination2.41°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.49 au

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

Also named after someone called Lisa

Also discovered on 4 February 2000

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