(25554) Jayaranjan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nirusan Jayaranjan (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the College Sturgeon Heights Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jayaranjan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jayaranjan is 2.30 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25554 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XG169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 3.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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