(25415) Jocelyn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jocelyn Chuang (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Jocelyn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jocelyn is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25415 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VL53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0533 |
| Inclination | 2.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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