(25047) Tsuitehsin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tsui Te Hsin (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy project. She attends the National Hsinchu Girls' Senior High School, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsuitehsin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsuitehsin is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25047 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QN44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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