(25300) Andyromine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Mitchell Romine (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Charles F. Patton Middle School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andyromine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andyromine is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25300 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WE23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.01 km (#12,704 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Rotation period | 21.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 4.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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