(25425) Chelsealynn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chelsea Lynn Jurman (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, New York.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chelsealynn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chelsealynn is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25425 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VR169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,971 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 2.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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