(25512) Anncomins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ann Comins mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anncomins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anncomins is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25512 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XT97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,775 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Rotation period | 127 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 4.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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