(25693) Ishitani Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Catherine Elizabeth Ishitani (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ishitani is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ishitani is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25693 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ124 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,968 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.886 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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