(25257) Elizmakarron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Marie Karron (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her animal and plant sciences project. She attends the Whitefish Bay Middle School, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizmakarron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizmakarron is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25257 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UF42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.30 km (#14,472 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.195 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 2.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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