(25640) Klintefelt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Philippe Klintefelt Collet (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Goteborgs Hogre Samskola, Goteborg, Sweden.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klintefelt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klintefelt is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25640 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.60 km (#13,711 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.180 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0497 |
| Inclination | 3.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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