(25023) Sundaresh Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sushant Sundaresh (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sundaresh is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sundaresh is 1.89 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25023
Provisional designation1998 QA19
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.18 km (#16,801 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.134
Absolute magnitude (H)15.87
Orbital period3.55 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.89 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.189
Inclination3.88°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.874 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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