(25333) Britwenger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brittany Michelle Wenger (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her mathematics and computer science project. She attends the R. Dan Nolan Middle School, Bradenton, Florida.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Britwenger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Britwenger is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25333 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KW13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.36 km (#16,510 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.460 |
| Rotation period | 48.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 4.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.915 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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