(25544) Renerogers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rene Rogers mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Sterling Ridge Home School, Woodlands, Texas.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Renerogers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Renerogers is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25544 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XU161 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.27 km (#16,668 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.314 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 4.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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