(25877) Katherinexue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Shaohua Xue (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology team project. She attends the Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katherinexue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katherinexue is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25877 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QN41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.68 km (#9,435 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 1.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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