(25555) Ratnavarma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ratna Varma (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the A. B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ratnavarma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ratnavarma is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25555 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XJ169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.18 km (#8,671 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.116 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.82 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 6.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 December 1999
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- (20735) Stetzler
- (20736) Sultana
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