(25191) Rachelouise Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Louise Graham (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her engineering project. She attends the Riverton Middle School, Riverton, Wyoming.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rachelouise is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rachelouise is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25191 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SE123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.05 km (#7,588 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0901 |
| Inclination | 6.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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