(25986) Sunanda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sunanda Sharma (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sunanda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sunanda is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25986 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FW65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0958 |
| Inclination | 6.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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