(25369) Dawndonovan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dawn Donovan mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Magnet High School, Nashville, Tennessee.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dawndonovan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dawndonovan is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25369 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TR108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 3.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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