(25230) Borgis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Steven Borgis (b. 1953) is an American educator and coach, who taught language arts for three decades at Buckeye Junior High School in Medina, Ohio. He coached both girls and boys basketball, as well as football, cross country, golf, volleyball, and softball, and inspired students with both his words and his actions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Borgis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Borgis is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25230 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TT31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.77 km (#9,271 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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