(25412) Arbesfeld Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Noah Maxwell Arbesfeld (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arbesfeld is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arbesfeld is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25412 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VZ38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 2.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.938 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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