(25903) Yuvalcalev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yuval Yaacov Calev (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yuvalcalev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yuvalcalev is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25903 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YC116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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