(25046) Suyihan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Su Yi-Han (b. 1991) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. She attends the Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Suyihan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suyihan is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25046
Provisional designation1998 QK44
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.35
Orbital period3.77 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.188
Inclination1.93°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.961 au

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

Also named after someone called Su

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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