(25869) Jacoby Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
George Jacoby (b. 1948) is currently Deputy DIrector for Technology at Lowell Observatory, responsible for the oversight of Lowell's observing facilities as well as the instrument, engineering, and IT groups. Previously he was director of WIYN and program head of the NOAO Office of Science.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-03-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Jacoby is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacoby is 4.53 au from the Sun and 4.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25869 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JP70 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 22.7 km (#1,887 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.86 |
| Orbital period | 7.95 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.41 – 4.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 17.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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