(25133) Douglin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Douglas N. C. Lin (b. 1949) is a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He also served as founding director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at Peking University. He has modeled the formation, structure, and evolution of galaxies, globular clusters, stars and planets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Douglin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Douglin is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25133 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SU14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.40 km (#16,446 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 4.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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