(25697) Kadiyala Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vishnu Kiran Kadiyala (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences team project. He attends the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kadiyala is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kadiyala is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25697 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA126 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0640 |
| Inclination | 2.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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