(25298) Fionapaine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fiona Ann Paine (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Barrington Middle School, Barrington, Rhode Island.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fionapaine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fionapaine is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25298 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WB22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.98 km (#10,661 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.149 |
| Rotation period | 4.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0448 |
| Inclination | 2.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Fiona
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Also discovered on 18 November 1998
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