(25698) Snehakannan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sneha Trichy Kannan (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Snehakannan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Snehakannan is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25698 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ126 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.72 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 3.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.954 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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