(25607) Tsengiching Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tseng I-Ching (b. 1993) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the National Taichung Girl's Senior High School, Taichung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsengiching is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsengiching is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25607 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AN10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0702 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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