(25513) Weseley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Allyson Weseley mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, New York.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Weseley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Weseley is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25513 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XM98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.79 km (#13,248 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.148 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0463 |
| Inclination | 5.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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