(25614) Jankral Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jan Král (b. 1989) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering team project. He attends the Gymnazium Aloise Jiraska, Litomyšl, Czech Republic.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jankral is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jankral is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25614 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AE28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,605 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
| Inclination | 0.488° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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