(25612) Yaoskalucia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yaoska Lucia Hernandez Duarte (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering team project. She attends the Colegio Tecnico Profesional de San Sebastian, San Jose, Costa Rica.Naming citation (20100428/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yaoskalucia is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yaoskalucia is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25612
Provisional designation2000 AZ22
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.43
Orbital period5.49 years
Semi-major axis3.11 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.72 – 3.50 au
Eccentricity0.125
Inclination1.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.73 au

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

Also discovered on 3 January 2000

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