(24825) Ebeshireiko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Reiko Ebeshi (b. 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer. She is a planetarium commentator and is known for her radio personality,“Reiko Iizuka's Starry Sky Guide”. She is the head of the Japan Astronomical Education Promotion Research Group's Exoplanet Naming Assistance Working Group, which started in 2015.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ebeshireiko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ebeshireiko is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24825 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 QB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.99 km (#12,768 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Rotation period | 1,248 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.833 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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