(25510) Donvincent Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Don Vincent mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the West High School, Madison, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donvincent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donvincent is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25510 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XJ97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 14.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 7.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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