(25781) Rajendra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ashoka Sanjaya Rajendra (b. 1991) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Loudoun County Academy of Science, Sterling, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rajendra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rajendra is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25781 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CF38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.02 km (#10,590 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.