(25885) Wiesinger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christoph Wiesinger (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials and bioengineering project. He attends the HTL Braunau School, Braunau am Inn, Austria.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wiesinger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wiesinger is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25885 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SD144 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.98 km (#15,272 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.239 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0790 |
| Inclination | 2.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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