(25488) Figueiredo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joanne Figueiredo mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Smithtown High School West, Smithtown, New York.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Figueiredo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Figueiredo is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25488 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XD83 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 6.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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