(25963) Elisalin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Elisa Bisi Lin (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her environmental science project. She attends the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Elisalin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elisalin is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25963
Provisional designation2001 FP26
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period2.71 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.58
Orbital period3.54 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.132
Inclination4.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.00 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Elisa

Also discovered on 18 March 2001

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