(25688) Hritzo Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Bernadette Ann Hritzo (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the Villa Joseph Marie High School, Holland, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hritzo is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hritzo is 3.35 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25688
Provisional designation2000 AV120
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.95 km (#5,793 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.116
Absolute magnitude (H)13.6
Orbital period5.58 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.95 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity0.0642
Inclination6.13°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.94 au

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

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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