(25034) Lesliemarie Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Leslie Marie Young (b. 1991) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences team project. She attends the Wentzville Holt High School, Wentzville, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lesliemarie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lesliemarie is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25034
Provisional designation1998 QS32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.53 km (#16,196 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.209
Absolute magnitude (H)15.35
Orbital period3.51 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.88 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.185
Inclination6.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.869 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Leslie

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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