(11725) Victoriahsu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Victoria Hsu (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematics project. She attends the West Shore Jr/Sr High School, Palm Bay, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Victoriahsu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victoriahsu is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11725
Provisional designation1998 HM146
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.62 km (#13,647 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.281
Absolute magnitude (H)14.34
Orbital period4.70 years
Semi-major axis2.81 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.66 – 2.96 au
Eccentricity0.0542
Inclination2.03°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.65 au

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

Also named after someone called Victoria

Also discovered on 21 April 1998

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