(25994) Lynnelleye Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lynnelle Lin Ye (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematical sciences project. She attends the Palo Alto Senior High School, Palo Alto, California.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lynnelleye is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lynnelleye is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25994
Provisional designation2001 FK80
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.21
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.18 – 2.55 au
Eccentricity0.0786
Inclination5.86°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.17 au

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

Also discovered on 21 March 2001

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