(25933) Ruoyijiang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ruoyi Jiang (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ruoyijiang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ruoyijiang is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25933 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 DM73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0920 |
| Inclination | 2.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 February 2001
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- (24549) Jaredgoodman
- (25924) Douglasadams
- (25931) Peterhu
- (25937) Malysz
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