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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | November 10, 1998 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 15434 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 VM25 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5672682 |
| Peri | 2.0149042 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1205463 |
| Orbital period | 1266.6614804 |
| Mean anomaly | 236.52763 |
| Inclination | 3.87692 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 217.42881 |
| Argument of peri | 227.65617 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
15434 Mittal (1998 VM25) is a minor planet and a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 10, 1998 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
15434 Mittal is named after Alexander Mittal, commemorating his scientific research generalizing the field of DNA nanotechnology to include artificial nucleic acids.