(25316) Comnick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Richard “Rich” Comnick (b. 1940) has been a volunteer in the Lowell Observatory archives since 2007. He has digitized and catalogued historic observation logbooks, photographs and manuscript material for the Archives website and the Arizona Memory Project.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Comnick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Comnick is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25316 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AH23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.92 km (#6,670 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 17.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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