(25543) Fruen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lois Fruen mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Breck School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fruen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fruen is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25543 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XR160 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0725 |
| Inclination | 8.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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