(25456) Caitlinmann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Caitlin Maureen Mann (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her engineering project. She attends the Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caitlinmann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caitlinmann is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25456 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.35 km (#14,355 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.131 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0199 |
| Inclination | 4.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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