(25427) Kratchmarov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Radomir Kratchmarov (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his microbiology project. He attends the Livingston High School, Livingston, New Jersey.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kratchmarov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kratchmarov is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25427 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VP170 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.62 km (#11,402 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Rotation period | 6.23 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0701 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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