(25708) Vedantkumar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vedant Subramaniam Kumar (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He attends the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vedantkumar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vedantkumar is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25708 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AU141 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.29 km (#16,635 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.445 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 5.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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