(25372) Shanagarza Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shana Garza mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Pi Beta Phi Elementary School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shanagarza is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shanagarza is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25372 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TB164 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.97 km (#17,061 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 6.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shana
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