(25378) Erinlambert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erin Lambert mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Kyrene Middle School, Tempe, Arizona.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Erinlambert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Erinlambert is 1.99 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25378 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TY197 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 5.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.972 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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