(25370) Karenfletch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Karen Fletcher mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Barrington Middle School, Barrington, Rhode Island.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karenfletch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karenfletch is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25370 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TW144 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 8.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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