(25704) Kendrick Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Alexander Kent Kendrick (b. 1993) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kendrick is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kendrick is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25704
Provisional designation2000 AO128
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.66 km (#6,935 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0630
Absolute magnitude (H)14.52
Orbital period4.65 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.55 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity0.0824
Inclination4.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Alexander

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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