(25629) Mukherjee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anish Mukherjee (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering team project. He attends the South Point High School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mukherjee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mukherjee is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25629 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AH52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.57 km (#16,132 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.244 |
| Rotation period | 4,141 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0873 |
| Inclination | 4.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Anish
All asteroids named after someone called Anish
Also discovered on 4 January 2000
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- (14252) Audreymeyer
- (16169) Janapaty
- (16172) Jayaweera
- (16179) Jeloka
- (16180) Rapoport
- (16192) Laird
- (16193) Nickaiser
- (16194) Roderick
- (17201) Matjazhumar
- (19738) Calinger
- (22057) Brianking
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- (9126) Samcoulson
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- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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