(25743) Serrato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Roger Serrato (b. 1954) has volunteered at Lowell Observatory since 2012. He has recently been involved in special projects, among them creating a comprehensive file about the Discovery Channel Telescope and indexing/digitizing all of the Observatory's newsletters dating back to 1988.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Serrato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Serrato is 3.11 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25743 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA229 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0749 |
| Inclination | 16.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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