(25322) Rebeccajean Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rebecca Jean Smouse (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her animal and plant sciences project. She attends the Kyrene Middle School, Tempe, Arizona.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rebeccajean is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rebeccajean is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25322 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FM28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0766 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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