(25421) Gafaran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gabriela Aylin Faran (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her earth and planetary science project. She attends the West High School, Madison, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gafaran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gafaran is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25421 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VL86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 8.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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