(25912) Recawkwell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Elizabeth Cawkwell (b. 1992) is a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (20100228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Recawkwell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Recawkwell is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25912 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CP9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 7.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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