25584 Zhangnelson
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25584 Zhangnelson

Asteroid, Asteroid Belt, Asteroid Family, Solar System, Trojan (Astronomy)

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25584 Zhangnelson (provisional designation: 1999 XO221) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in Socorro, New Mexico, on December 15, 1999. It is named after Nelson Zhang, a Chinese high school student whose computer science project won second place at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Asteroids (from Greek 'star' and 'like, in form') are a class of Small Solar System Bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones. These terms have historically been applied t...