(25112) Mymeshkovych Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Maryna Yuriivna Meshkovych (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry team project. She attends the Chemical Ecological Liceum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mymeshkovych is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mymeshkovych is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25112
Provisional designation1998 RL65
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period10.1 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.44
Orbital period4.89 years
Semi-major axis2.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.65 – 3.11 au
Eccentricity0.0787
Inclination1.37°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

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

Also discovered on 14 September 1998

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