(25717) Ritikmal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ritik Malhotra (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ritikmal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ritikmal is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25717 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AW168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.87 km (#17,175 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.463 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0820 |
| Inclination | 7.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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