Discovery and designation
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Discovery site | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research |
Discovery date | September 14, 1998 |
Designations
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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]
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