(25226) Brasch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Klaus Brasch (b. 1940) began volunteering at Lowell Observatory in 2008 as a portable telescope operator in our evening outreach programs. He is also an astrophotographer and writer; many of his images as well as Lowell-related articles have been published in Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines, among others.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brasch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brasch is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25226 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TP30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 0.808° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.916 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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