(25616) Riinuots Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Riinu Ots (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science project. She attends the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, Tartu, Estonia.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Riinuots is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Riinuots is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25616 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AJ32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 7.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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