(25981) Shahmirian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sarine Gayaneh Shahmirian (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Chaminade College Preparatory, West Hills, California.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shahmirian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shahmirian is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25981 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FT53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 7.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 March 2001
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