(25514) Lisawu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lisa Wu mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lisawu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisawu is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25514 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XJ99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.24 km (#12,182 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.130 |
| Rotation period | 137 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0583 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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