(25122) Kaitlingus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kaitlyn Jeanne Lingus (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Branson High School, Branson, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaitlingus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaitlingus is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25122 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RJ77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.74 km (#15,781 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Rotation period | 6.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0680 |
| Inclination | 5.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kaitlyn
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Also discovered on 14 September 1998
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