25109 Hofving

Hofving
Discovery and designation
Discovery site Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Discovery date September 14, 1998
Designations
MPC designation 25109
Alternate name(s) 1998 RR56
Epoch July 23, 2010
Ap 2.4257521
Peri 2.0125898
Eccentricity 0.1703234
Orbital period 1379.9649029
Inclination 1.69942
Longitude of ascending node 254.76486
Absolute magnitude (H) 15.8

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. ^ "Small-Body Database Browser". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=25109. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
  2. ^ "Citation for (25109)". Harvard University. http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=025109. Retrieved 20 April 2010.