(25371) Frangaley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fran Galey mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Riverton Middle School, Riverton, Wyoming.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Frangaley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frangaley is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25371 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TS153 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0830 |
| Inclination | 4.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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