(25365) Bernreuter Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

John Bernreuter mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the R. Dan Nolan Middle School, Bradenton, Florida.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bernreuter is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bernreuter is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25365
Provisional designation1999 TC27
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.77 km (#11,062 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.148
Absolute magnitude (H)14.53
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.148
Inclination6.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.02 au

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

Also named after someone called John

Also discovered on 3 October 1999

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