(25511) Annlipinsky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ann Lipinsky mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the John Jay High School, Cross River, New York.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Annlipinsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annlipinsky is 2.35 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25511
Provisional designation1999 XM97
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.37
Orbital period3.50 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.48 au
Eccentricity0.0761
Inclination4.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Ann

Also discovered on 7 December 1999

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