(25404) Shansample Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shannon Sample mentored a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition. She teaches at the Iva E. Wells Middle School, Seneca, Missouri.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shansample is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shansample is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25404 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VU31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 2.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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