(25720) Mallidi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sandeep Mallidi (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and planetary science team project. He attends the Westview High School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mallidi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mallidi is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25720 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AO172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.88 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 6.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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