(25519) Bartolomeo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Bartolomeo mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Shorecrest Preparatory School, St Petersburg, Florida.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bartolomeo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bartolomeo is 2.31 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25519 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XS101 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0953 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| 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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