(25120) Yvetteleung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yvette Leung (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy team project. She attends the Jericho High School, Jericho, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yvetteleung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yvetteleung is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25120 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RN73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.67 km (#15,921 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 2.70° |
| 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 named after someone called Yvette
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