(25875) Wickramasekara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sajith M. Wickramasekara (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences team project. He attends the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wickramasekara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wickramasekara is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25875 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OT52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,673 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.235 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 7.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.938 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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