(25570) Kesun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sun Ke (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences team project. She attends the No.1 Middle School Attached To Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kesun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kesun is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25570 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XT194 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 7.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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