(25321) Rohitsingh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohit Kumar Singh (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohitsingh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohitsingh is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25321 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FR27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.43 km (#8,343 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 1.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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