(25979) Alansage Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alan Robert Sage (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his plant sciences project. He attends the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alansage is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alansage is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25979 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FC49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 5.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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