25109 Hofving

Hofving
Discovery
Discovery site Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Discovery date 14 September 1998
Designations
MPC designation 25109
1998 RR56
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 8862 days (24.26 yr)
Aphelion 2.8370430 AU (424.41559 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0186290 AU (301.98260 Gm)
2.427836 AU (363.1991 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1685480
3.78 yr (1381.7 d)
271.7661°
 15m 37.945s / day
Inclination 1.697205°
254.60961°
24.09926°
Earth MOID 1.00074 AU (149.709 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.28031 AU (341.130 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.489
Physical characteristics
15.5

    25109 Hofving (provisional designation: 1998 RR56) is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in Socorro, New Mexico on September 14, 1998.[1] It is named after Tobias Hofving, one of the two team members in the team project who won second place at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[2]

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 "25109 Hofving (1998 RR56)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    2. "Citation for (25109)". Harvard University. Retrieved 20 April 2010.

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