(25925) Jamesfenska Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James Evan Fenska (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his microbiology project. He attends the Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jamesfenska is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jamesfenska is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25925 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 DW48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.52 km (#16,221 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.366 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0908 |
| Inclination | 7.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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