(25020) Tinyacheng Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Tinya Cheng (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy team project. She attends the Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tinyacheng is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tinyacheng is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25020
Provisional designation1998 QY13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.54
Orbital period3.76 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.76 au
Eccentricity0.141
Inclination3.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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