(25751) Mokshagundam Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Shilpa Mokshagundam (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences team project. She attends the duPont Manual High School, Prospect, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mokshagundam is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mokshagundam is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25751
Provisional designation2000 BS6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.73
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.95 – 2.78 au
Eccentricity0.176
Inclination3.21°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.939 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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