(25354) Zdasiuk Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jonathan Andrew Zdasiuk (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, California.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zdasiuk is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zdasiuk is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25354
Provisional designation1999 RD211
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.87
Orbital period3.45 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.49 au
Eccentricity0.0921
Inclination5.13°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

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

Also named after someone called Jonathan

Also discovered on 8 September 1999

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