(25475) Lizrao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Jie Rao (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, Illinois.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lizrao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lizrao is 2.74 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25475 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XY40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.19 km (#8,644 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0509 |
| Inclination | 6.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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