(25745) Schimmelpenninck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Marie Schimmelpenninck (b. 1952) has been a Lowell Observatory volunteer since 2002. She was a daytime tour guide and solar telescope operator for 13 years. She is presently working on identifying the Observatory's flowers and trees for future Lowell campus signage.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schimmelpenninck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schimmelpenninck is 3.13 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25745 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC242 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.69 km (#6,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.227 |
| Rotation period | 5.51 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.07 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.91 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0371 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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