(25430) Ericlarson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eric Kerner Larson (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the South Eugene High School, Eugene, Oregon.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ericlarson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericlarson is 1.92 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25430 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VT189 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.30 km (#14,485 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.118 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.856 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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