(25035) Scalesse Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Carlie Alexandra Scalesse (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the London Central Secondary School, London, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Scalesse is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scalesse is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25035
Provisional designation1998 QN33
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.16 km (#14,812 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.213
Absolute magnitude (H)15.07
Orbital period4.31 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.27 – 3.02 au
Eccentricity0.141
Inclination4.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.27 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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