(25696) Kylejones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kyle Jones (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the Villages High School, The Villages, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kylejones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kylejones is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25696 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AE125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.59 km (#16,094 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.382 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 5.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.982 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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