(25987) Katherynshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katheryn Cheng Shi (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, Texas.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katherynshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katherynshi is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25987 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FJ66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.04 km (#15,119 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.100 |
| Rotation period | 2.02 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0946 |
| Inclination | 5.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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