25062 Rasmussen

Rasmussen
Discovery and designation
Discovery site Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Discovery date August 24, 1998
Designations
MPC designation 25062
Alternate name(s) 1998 QH71
Ap 2.4152388
Peri 2.1115781
Eccentricity 0.1257270
Orbital period 1371.0034298
Mean anomaly 95.17985
Inclination 5.46339
Longitude of ascending node 235.73474
Absolute magnitude (H) 15.7

25062 Rasmussen (provisional designation: 1998 QH71) is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in Socorro, New Mexico on August 24, 1998.[1] It is named after Jesper Lykke Rasmussen, who won second place at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=25062. Retrieved 13 March 2010.