(25509) Rodwong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rod Wong mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rodwong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rodwong is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25509 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XF97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.31 km (#8,496 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 2.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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