(25993) Kevinxu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kevin Young Xu (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kevinxu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kevinxu is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25993 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FJ80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 112 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 9.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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