(25405) Jeffwidder Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jeff Widder mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. He teaches at the Whitefish Bay Middle School, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeffwidder is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeffwidder is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25405 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VM32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 1.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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