(25620) Jayaprakash Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vishnu Jayaprakash (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his energy and transportation project. He attends the Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jayaprakash is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jayaprakash is 1.86 au from the Sun and 1.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25620 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AL40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,800 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.194 |
| Rotation period | 7.01 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.846 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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