(13825) Booth Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Tempest Diane Booth mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Southside Fundamental Middle School, St. Petersburg, Florida.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Booth is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Booth is 2.27 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13825
Provisional designation1999 VJ87
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.08 km (#12,537 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.230
Absolute magnitude (H)14.38
Orbital period4.07 years
Semi-major axis2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 3.02 au
Eccentricity0.186
Inclination6.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also discovered on 4 November 1999

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