(25972) Pfefferjosh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joshua William Pfeffer (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematical sciences project. He attends the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pfefferjosh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pfefferjosh is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25972 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FV35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 2.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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