(25376) Christikeen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christine Keen mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at a homeschool, Bethesda, Maryland.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christikeen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christikeen is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25376 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TS180 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.70 km (#9,396 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0310 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 2.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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