(25099) Mashinskiy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Leonid Andreevich Mashinskiy (b. 1991) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the Physical and Mathematical Lyceum #30, Saint Petersburg, Russia.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mashinskiy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mashinskiy is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25099
Provisional designation1998 RS47
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period3.76 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.55
Orbital period4.29 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.46 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.0691
Inclination4.74°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.47 au

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

Also named after someone called Leonid

Also discovered on 14 September 1998

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