(25403) Carlapiazza Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carla Piazza mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carlapiazza is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carlapiazza is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25403 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VE31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.72 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 0.436° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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