(25368) Gailcolwell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gail Colwell mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the McCullough Junior High School, The Woodlands, Texas.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gailcolwell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gailcolwell is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25368 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TQ96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0682 |
| Inclination | 6.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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